CFB Imperialism
One nation, conquered county by county. 2026 season — check your bias.
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 13, 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 2 conquests
- Missouri took Kansas38 counties
- Virginia Tech took Old Dominion42 counties
- South Florida took Army18 counties
- Texas A&M took Arizona State8 counties
- Penn State took Temple11 counties
- Wake Forest took Purdue14 counties
- Michigan took Oklahoma42 counties
- Oklahoma State took Oregon40 counties
- Pittsburgh took UCF9 counties
- Duke took Illinois54 counties
- BYU took Arizona5 counties
- Washington took Utah State37 counties
- Maryland took UConn9 counties
- Mississippi State took Minnesota175 counties
- Notre Dame took Rice8 counties
- California took Syracuse30 counties
- Alabama took Kentucky35 counties
- Vanderbilt took Delaware11 counties
- Boise State took Memphis77 counties
- Florida International took Buffalo11 counties
- Georgia State took Kennesaw State18 counties
- Nebraska took Bowling Green16 counties
- Marshall took Middle Tennessee27 counties
- Tulane took South Alabama10 counties
- UCLA took San Diego State3 counties
- Clemson took Georgia Southern43 counties
- Texas took Ohio State34 counties
- LSU took Louisiana Tech37 counties
- Florida Atlantic took Navy15 counties
- Iowa took Iowa State63 counties
- Auburn took Southern Miss27 counties
- Ole Miss took Charlotte18 counties
- North Dakota State took Air Force51 counties
- Utah took Arkansas32 counties
- USC took Louisiana16 counties
Empire leaderboard
- 1Mississippi State2227.1%
- 2Washington1454.6%
- 3Nebraska1444.6%
- 4Iowa1213.9%
- 5Missouri933.0%
- 6Colorado State922.9%
- 7Texas Tech782.5%
- 8Boise State772.5%
- 9LSU752.4%
- 10Notre Dame752.4%
The Fallen · 75
- Air Force capital held by North Dakota State
- Akron capital held by Wake Forest
- Arizona capital held by BYU
- Arizona State capital held by Texas A&M
- Arkansas capital held by Utah
- Arkansas State capital held by Boise State
- Army capital held by South Florida
- Ball State capital held by Texas
- Baylor capital held by Auburn
- Boston College capital held by Cincinnati
- Bowling Green capital held by Nebraska
- Buffalo capital held by Florida International
- Central Michigan capital held by New Mexico
- Charlotte capital held by Ole Miss
- Coastal Carolina capital held by West Virginia
- Delaware capital held by Vanderbilt
- East Carolina capital held by Alabama
- Eastern Michigan capital held by Michigan
- Florida State capital held by SMU
- Fresno State capital held by USC
- Georgia Southern capital held by Clemson
- Georgia Tech capital held by Colorado
- Hawai'i capital held by Miami
- Illinois capital held by Duke
- Iowa State capital held by Iowa
- Jacksonville State capital held by North Dakota State
- Kansas capital held by Missouri
- Kennesaw State capital held by Georgia State
- Kent State capital held by South Carolina
- Kentucky capital held by Alabama
- Liberty capital held by James Madison
- Louisiana capital held by USC
- Louisiana Tech capital held by LSU
- Louisville capital held by Ole Miss
- Memphis capital held by Boise State
- Miami (OH) capital held by Pittsburgh
- Middle Tennessee capital held by Marshall
- Minnesota capital held by Mississippi State
- Missouri State capital held by Texas A&M
- NC State capital held by Virginia
- Navy capital held by Florida Atlantic
- New Mexico State capital held by SMU
- North Texas capital held by Indiana
- Northern Illinois capital held by Iowa
- Ohio capital held by Nebraska
- Ohio State capital held by Texas
- Oklahoma capital held by Michigan
- Old Dominion capital held by Virginia Tech
- Oregon capital held by Oklahoma State
- Oregon State capital held by Houston
- Purdue capital held by Wake Forest
- Rice capital held by Houston
- Rutgers capital held by Massachusetts
- Sam Houston capital held by Troy
- San Diego State capital held by UCLA
- South Alabama capital held by Tulane
- Southern Miss capital held by Auburn
- Stanford capital held by USC
- Syracuse capital held by California
- TCU capital held by North Carolina
- Temple capital held by Penn State
- Texas State capital held by Texas
- Toledo capital held by Michigan State
- UAB capital held by Duke
- UCF capital held by Pittsburgh
- UConn capital held by Maryland
- UL Monroe capital held by Mississippi State
- UNLV capital held by Boise State
- UTEP capital held by Michigan
- Utah State capital held by Washington
- Washington State capital held by Washington
- Western Kentucky capital held by Nevada
- Western Michigan capital held by Michigan
- Wisconsin capital held by Notre Dame
- Wyoming capital held by Colorado State