Pennsylvania college football empire map · after Week 3 · Sep 17–19, 2026

Who owned Pennsylvania? Penn State.

Penn State controls 44.8% of Pennsylvania's land: 32 of its 67 counties. Pittsburgh is next with 16.5% (11 counties, home to 2.48M people). 11 schools split the state at kickoff; 10 remain now. Temple holds none of it.

Pennsylvania counties by owner after Week 3.

Pennsylvania, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Penn State44.8%326.1M
Pittsburgh16.5%112.48M
Vanderbilt10.3%62.32M
Mississippi State5.6%3458K
West Virginia5.4%3230K
California5.3%3124K
Massachusetts5.1%4887K
South Florida3.9%3331K
Florida Atlantic2.0%137K
Virginia Tech1.1%1108K

Owners of Pennsylvania land, by week

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Largest Pennsylvania counties