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

Who owned Louisiana? Louisiana.

Louisiana controls 31.5% of Louisiana's land: 16 of its 64 counties. Louisiana Tech is next with 23.6% (14 counties, home to 629K people). 6 schools split the state at kickoff; 6 remain now. UL Monroe, Tulane hold none of it.

Louisiana counties by owner after Week 1.

Louisiana, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Louisiana31.5%161.16M
Louisiana Tech23.6%14629K
Duke16.0%91.42M
Mississippi State14.1%11282K
LSU13.5%131.06M
Southern Miss1.4%145K

Owners of Louisiana land, by week

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Largest Louisiana counties