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

Who owned North Carolina? NC State.

NC State controls 54.0% of North Carolina's land: 45 of its 100 counties. Southern Miss is next with 24.1% (27 counties, home to 3.67M people). 11 schools split the state at kickoff; 7 remain now. App State, Charlotte, Duke, East Carolina, North Carolina, Wake Forest hold none of it.

North Carolina counties by owner after Week 3.

North Carolina, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
NC State54.0%455.7M
Southern Miss24.1%273.67M
Indiana4.7%8180K
Illinois4.7%6663K
LSU4.5%6271K
TCU4.2%4444K
Georgia3.7%4116K

Owners of North Carolina land, by week

11987

Largest North Carolina counties

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