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

Who owns Colorado? Wyoming.

Wyoming controls 51.5% of Colorado's land: 33 of its 64 counties. UCF is next with 23.7% (11 counties, home to 857K people). 5 schools split the state at kickoff; 4 remain now. Colorado, Air Force, Colorado State hold none of it.

Colorado counties by owner after Week 8.

Colorado, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Wyoming51.5%332.34M
UCF23.7%11857K
Ohio State18.9%162.66M
LSU5.9%4100K

Owners of Colorado land, by week

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Largest Colorado counties