Iowa college football empire map · after Week 3 · Sep 11–13, 2025

Who owned Iowa? Iowa State.

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

Iowa, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Iowa State88.1%892.93M
Nebraska10.7%9296K
Alabama1.2%114K

Owners of Iowa land, by week

4433

Largest Iowa counties