North Carolina college football empire map · after Week 7 · Oct 13–17, 2026

Who owned North Carolina? Auburn.

Auburn controls 24.9% of North Carolina's land: 21 of its 100 counties. Houston is next with 20.0% (15 counties, home to 2.92M people). 11 schools split the state at kickoff; 9 remain now. App State, Charlotte, Duke, East Carolina, NC State hold none of it.

North Carolina counties by owner after Week 7.

North Carolina, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Auburn24.9%211.2M
Houston20.0%152.92M
Miami13.4%132.02M
Lindenwood12.3%132.84M
Wake Forest11.8%14830K
North Carolina4.7%8180K
Virginia Tech4.7%6663K
Ole Miss4.5%6271K
Kentucky3.7%4116K

Owners of North Carolina land, by week

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Largest North Carolina counties