Saturday Bias

CFB Imperialism

One nation, conquered county by county. 2026 season — check your bias.

FCS invaders: offPostseason: on

The rules, in one breath

Every county starts with its closest FBS program. Win a game and you take everything the loser holds; lose it all and you're off the map until you beat a landholder. FCS wins move nothing. Bowls and the playoff count. Every county is one dot, drawn to its size.

As of Sep 7, 2026.

2 schools unmapped this season (missing location or brand color) · 89 counties outside the projection.

1 holder shown in neutral gray (no brand color on file).

Week 1 conquests

  1. North Carolina took TCU16 counties
  2. USC took San José State6 counties
  3. Virginia took NC State9 counties
  4. North Dakota State took Jacksonville State13 counties
  5. Florida State took New Mexico State6 counties
  6. Stanford took Hawai'i5 counties
  7. Memphis took UNLV9 counties
  8. Massachusetts took Rutgers20 counties
  9. Wake Forest took Akron11 counties
  10. Colorado took Georgia Tech3 counties
  11. Illinois took UAB12 counties
  12. San José State took Eastern Michigan6 counties
  13. Michigan State took Toledo6 counties
  14. Oklahoma took UTEP8 counties
  15. Miami took Stanford7 counties
  16. USC took Fresno State10 counties
  17. Indiana took North Texas15 counties
  18. James Madison took Liberty15 counties
  19. Houston took Oregon State17 counties
  20. Alabama took East Carolina21 counties
  21. Nebraska took Ohio19 counties
  22. West Virginia took Coastal Carolina15 counties
  23. Pittsburgh took Miami (OH)12 counties
  24. Ohio State took Ball State19 counties
  25. South Carolina took Kent State11 counties
  26. Oregon took Boise State26 counties
  27. Auburn took Baylor12 counties
  28. Penn State took Marshall27 counties
  29. Cincinnati took Boston College36 counties
  30. Duke took Tulane10 counties
  31. Texas took Texas State10 counties
  32. Tulsa took Oklahoma State30 counties
  33. Iowa took Northern Illinois16 counties
  34. Colorado State took Wyoming69 counties
  35. Texas A&M took Missouri State30 counties
  36. Memphis took Arkansas State50 counties
  37. South Florida took Florida International3 counties
  38. Troy took Sam Houston17 counties
  39. Michigan took Western Michigan10 counties
  40. Mississippi State took UL Monroe27 counties
  41. LSU took Clemson21 counties
  42. Florida took Florida Atlantic6 counties
  43. New Mexico took Central Michigan48 counties
  44. UCLA took California15 counties
  45. Nevada took Western Kentucky41 counties
  46. Washington took Washington State55 counties
  47. Ole Miss took Louisville25 counties
  48. Notre Dame took Wisconsin53 counties
  49. SMU took Florida State40 counties

Empire leaderboard

  1. 1Minnesota1755.6%
  2. 2Nebraska1284.1%
  3. 3Washington1083.4%
  4. 4Colorado State922.9%
  5. 5Texas Tech782.5%
  6. 6Memphis772.5%
  7. 7New Mexico732.3%
  8. 8Notre Dame672.1%
  9. 9Nevada662.1%
  10. 10Iowa State632.0%

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