Illinois college football empire map · after Week 11 · Nov 4–8, 2025

Who owned Illinois? Indiana.

Indiana controls 51.0% of Illinois's land: 49 of its 102 counties. Michigan is next with 15.7% (16 counties, home to 1.79M people). 9 schools split the state at kickoff; 6 remain now. Illinois, Northern Illinois hold none of it.