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

Who owned South Dakota? Utah.

Utah controls 41.7% of South Dakota's land: 15 of its 66 counties. Nebraska is next with 31.0% (28 counties, home to 262K people). 4 schools split the state at kickoff; 4 remain now.

South Dakota, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Utah41.7%15240K
Nebraska31.0%28262K
California26.2%22214K
Iowa State1.1%1209K

Owners of South Dakota land, by week

4444

Largest South Dakota counties