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

Who owns Florida? Texas.

Texas controls 33.3% of Florida's land: 24 of its 67 counties. UConn is next with 27.0% (15 counties, home to 9.79M people). 9 schools split the state at kickoff; 7 remain now. Florida, Florida International, Florida State, South Florida, UCF, Florida Atlantic hold none of it.

Florida counties by owner after Week 8.

Florida, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Texas33.3%245.24M
UConn27.0%159.79M
Wake Forest15.9%13764K
Syracuse14.0%94.67M
LSU4.5%3330K
Arizona3.2%2539K
Miami2.1%12.04M

Owners of Florida land, by week

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Largest Florida counties