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

Who owned Indiana? Indiana.

Indiana controls 27.8% of Indiana's land: 24 of its 92 counties. Ohio State is next with 17.9% (17 counties, home to 1.55M people). 11 schools split the state at kickoff; 11 remain now. Ball State holds none of it.

Indiana counties by owner after Week 1.

Indiana, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Indiana27.8%242.26M
Ohio State17.9%171.55M
Purdue17.0%14536K
Notre Dame14.2%121.11M
Ole Miss9.9%10452K
Pittsburgh5.4%6163K
Cincinnati2.9%497K
Nevada1.8%2205K
Northwestern1.4%1503K
Michigan0.9%135K
Illinois0.7%116K

Owners of Indiana land, by week

1111

Largest Indiana counties