Louisiana college football empire map · after Week 1 · Aug 28–Sep 1, 2025
Who owned Louisiana? Rice.
Rice controls 31.5% of Louisiana's land: 16 of its 64 counties. Louisiana Tech is next with 23.6% (14 counties, home to 629K people). 6 schools split the state at kickoff; 6 remain now. Louisiana holds none of it.
Louisiana, by empire
| Empire | Land | Counties | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 31.5% | 16 | 1.16M |
| Louisiana Tech | 23.6% | 14 | 629K |
| Tulane | 16.0% | 9 | 1.42M |
| UL Monroe | 14.1% | 11 | 282K |
| LSU | 13.5% | 13 | 1.06M |
| Mississippi State | 1.4% | 1 | 45K |
Owners of Louisiana land, by week
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