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

Who owned North Carolina? NC State.

NC State controls 36.4% of North Carolina's land: 30 of its 100 counties. App State is next with 24.1% (27 counties, home to 3.67M people). 11 schools split the state at kickoff; 9 remain now. Charlotte, East Carolina, North Carolina hold none of it.

North Carolina counties by owner after Week 1.

North Carolina, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
NC State36.4%303.48M
App State24.1%273.67M
Wake Forest9.2%91.58M
Virginia8.5%6643K
Indiana4.7%8180K
Duke4.7%6663K
LSU4.5%6271K
TCU4.2%4444K
Tennessee3.7%4116K

Owners of North Carolina land, by week

119

Largest North Carolina counties

Wake CountyMecklenburg CountyGuilford CountyForsyth CountyDurham CountyCumberland CountyBuncombe CountyUnion CountyJohnston CountyCabarrus CountyNew Hanover CountyGaston County