Ohio college football empire map · after Week 8 · Oct 20–24, 2026
Who owns Ohio? Kentucky.
Kentucky controls 20.4% of Ohio's land: 17 of its 88 counties. Tarleton State is next with 17.3% (16 counties, home to 842K people). 12 schools split the state at kickoff; 10 remain now. Bowling Green, Kent State, Miami (OH), Ohio, Toledo, Akron, Cincinnati hold none of it.
Ohio, by empire
| Empire | Land | Counties | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 20.4% | 17 | 2.71M |
| Tarleton State | 17.3% | 16 | 842K |
| Miami | 14.1% | 12 | 3.14M |
| Ohio State | 13.9% | 12 | 431K |
| LSU | 9.3% | 8 | 1.14M |
| Arizona | 8.1% | 7 | 1.47M |
| Syracuse | 7.3% | 7 | 1.37M |
| UCLA | 3.7% | 3 | 157K |
| UCF | 3.6% | 4 | 545K |
| Utah | 2.4% | 2 | 78K |
Owners of Ohio land, by week
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