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

Who owned Texas? Texas Tech.

Texas Tech controls 29.9% of Texas's land: 79 of its 254 counties. Texas is next with 28.4% (65 counties, home to 8.24M people). 15 schools split the state at kickoff; 11 remain now. Baylor, SMU, Houston, North Texas, Rice, Sam Houston, Texas A&M, Texas State, UTEP, TCU, UTSA hold none of it.

Texas counties by owner after Week 3.

Texas, by empire

EmpireLandCountiesPeople
Texas Tech29.9%797.67M
Texas28.4%658.24M
Michigan10.2%10929K
Missouri5.8%171.38M
Louisville5.4%225.45M
Clemson5.3%162.87M
Florida4.3%12983K
Indiana3.5%101.51M
Notre Dame3.0%81.57M
Kentucky2.2%8436K
Ole Miss2.1%7259K

Owners of Texas land, by week

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Largest Texas counties