Nebraska college football empire map · after Week 9 · Oct 21–25, 2025

Who owned Nebraska? Notre Dame.

Notre Dame controls 63.0% of Nebraska's land: 71 of its 93 counties. Houston is next with 18.8% (7 counties, home to 67K people). 3 schools split the state at kickoff; 3 remain now. Nebraska holds none of it.

Nebraska, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Notre Dame63.0%711.9M
Houston18.8%767K
Ohio State18.2%1543K

Owners of Nebraska land, by week

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Largest Nebraska counties