Alabama college football empire map · after Week 8 · Oct 20–24, 2026

Who owns Alabama? LSU.

LSU controls 42.4% of Alabama's land: 29 of its 67 counties. Virginia Tech is next with 17.1% (12 counties, home to 1.59M people). 9 schools split the state at kickoff; 6 remain now. Alabama, Auburn, Jacksonville State, South Alabama, Troy, UAB hold none of it.