Georgia college football empire map · after Week 1 · Sep 3–7, 2026

Who owned Georgia? Georgia Southern.

Georgia Southern controls 28.6% of Georgia's land: 38 of its 159 counties. Georgia is next with 14.1% (26 counties, home to 1.18M people). 11 schools split the state at kickoff; 11 remain now. Georgia Tech holds none of it.

Georgia counties by owner after Week 1.

Georgia, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Georgia Southern28.6%381.42M
Georgia14.1%261.18M
SMU14.0%21594K
Kennesaw State10.4%182.35M
Georgia State9.1%191.94M
Auburn8.5%14412K
Florida6.1%5119K
LSU3.0%7191K
Troy2.2%422K
Colorado2.1%32.86M
North Dakota State1.8%486K

Owners of Georgia land, by week

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Largest Georgia counties