Iowa college football empire map · after Week 16 · Dec 12–13, 2025

Who owned Iowa? Utah.

Utah controls 88.1% of Iowa's land: 89 of its 99 counties. Notre Dame is next with 10.7% (9 counties, home to 296K people). 4 schools split the state at kickoff; 3 remain now. Iowa, Iowa State hold none of it.

Iowa, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Utah88.1%892.93M
Notre Dame10.7%9296K
Oklahoma1.2%114K

Owners of Iowa land, by week

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Largest Iowa counties