Week 1 2025 · Final · Sat, 8/30
Rice 14, Louisiana 12
Rice takes 15K sq mi
Rice beat Louisiana 14–12 and took 15K sq mi (16 counties), home to 1.16M people. That made Rice the 40th-largest empire.
Rice
1485th-largest empire · American Athletic
- land
- 7,940 sq mi
- land
- counties
- 8
- counties
- people
- 1.57M
- people
Land held before the game
Biggest counties: Fort Bend County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Waller County, TX, Wharton County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Colorado County, TX
Louisiana
1258th-largest empire · Sun Belt
- land
- 15K sq mi
- land
- counties
- 16
- counties
- people
- 1.16M
- people
Land held before the game
Biggest counties: Lafayette County, LA, Calcasieu County, LA, Rapides County, LA, St. Landry County, LA, Iberia County, LA, Vermilion County, LA
