Nevada college football empire map · after Week 1 · Aug 28–Sep 1, 2025

Who owned Nevada? Penn State.

Penn State controls 39.8% of Nevada's land: 11 of its 17 counties. UNLV is next with 33.4% (3 counties, home to 2.46M people). 5 schools split the state at kickoff; 5 remain now. Nevada holds none of it.

Nevada, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Penn State39.8%11745K
UNLV33.4%32.46M
South Florida15.5%154K
BYU8.0%19K
Kansas3.3%1720

Owners of Nevada land, by week

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Largest Nevada counties