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

Who owned North Dakota? California.

California controls 74.5% of North Dakota's land: 41 of its 53 counties. Utah is next with 25.5% (12 counties, home to 109K people). 2 schools split the state at kickoff; 2 remain now. North Dakota State holds none of it.

North Dakota, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
California74.5%41688K
Utah25.5%12109K

Owners of North Dakota land, by week

2222

Largest North Dakota counties