Indiana college football empire map · after Week 0 · Aug 27–29, 2026

Who owned Indiana? Indiana.

Indiana controls 27.8% of Indiana's land: 24 of its 92 counties. Ball State is next with 17.9% (17 counties, home to 1.55M people). 11 schools split the state at kickoff; 11 remain now.

Indiana counties by owner after Week 0.

Indiana, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Indiana27.8%242.26M
Ball State17.9%171.55M
Purdue17.0%14536K
Notre Dame14.2%121.11M
Louisville9.9%10452K
Miami (OH)5.4%6163K
Cincinnati2.9%497K
Western Kentucky1.8%2205K
Northwestern1.4%1503K
Western Michigan0.9%135K
Illinois0.7%116K

Owners of Indiana land, by week

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Largest Indiana counties