Texas college football empire map · after Week 2 · Sep 10–12, 2026
Who owned Texas? Texas Tech.
Texas Tech controls 27.5% of Texas's land: 72 of its 254 counties. UTSA is next with 21.2% (44 counties, home to 4.95M people). 15 schools split the state at kickoff; 13 remain now. Baylor, North Texas, Rice, Sam Houston, Texas State, UTEP, TCU hold none of it.
Texas, by empire
| Empire | Land | Counties | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Tech | 27.5% | 72 | 1.72M |
| UTSA | 21.2% | 44 | 4.95M |
| Michigan | 10.2% | 10 | 929K |
| Texas | 7.1% | 21 | 3.29M |
| Troy | 5.8% | 17 | 1.38M |
| SMU | 5.4% | 22 | 5.45M |
| North Carolina | 5.3% | 16 | 2.87M |
| Auburn | 4.3% | 12 | 983K |
| Indiana | 3.5% | 10 | 1.51M |
| Notre Dame | 3.0% | 8 | 1.57M |
| Houston | 2.4% | 7 | 5.95M |
| Texas A&M | 2.2% | 8 | 436K |
| LSU | 2.1% | 7 | 259K |
Owners of Texas land, by week
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