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 20, 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 3 conquests
- Miami took Wake Forest37 counties
- Texas Tech took Houston24 counties
- Kansas State took Tulane10 counties
- Clemson took North Carolina20 counties
- Louisville took SMU62 counties
- Kentucky took Texas A&M46 counties
- Mississippi State took South Carolina29 counties
- Florida Atlantic took Florida International11 counties
- Missouri took Troy40 counties
- Middle Tennessee took Nevada66 counties
- UCF took Georgia State37 counties
- Florida took Auburn60 counties
- Northwestern took Colorado19 counties
- Ole Miss took LSU75 counties
- Oklahoma took New Mexico73 counties
- Virginia Tech took Maryland37 counties
- Notre Dame took Michigan State13 counties
- BYU took Colorado State92 counties
- West Virginia took Virginia30 counties
- Texas took UTSA44 counties
- Fresno State took San José State6 counties
Empire leaderboard
- 1Mississippi State2518.0%
- 2Washington1454.6%
- 3Nebraska1444.6%
- 4Ole Miss1414.5%
- 5Missouri1334.2%
- 6Iowa1213.9%
- 7BYU1153.7%
- 8Virginia Tech1053.3%
- 9Texas Tech1023.2%
- 10Texas993.2%
The Fallen · 90
- Air Force capital held by North Dakota State
- Akron capital held by Miami
- Arizona capital held by BYU
- Arizona State capital held by Kentucky
- Arkansas capital held by Utah
- Arkansas State capital held by Boise State
- Army capital held by South Florida
- Auburn capital held by Florida
- Ball State capital held by Texas
- Baylor capital held by Florida
- Boston College capital held by Cincinnati
- Bowling Green capital held by Nebraska
- Buffalo capital held by Florida Atlantic
- Central Michigan capital held by Oklahoma
- Charlotte capital held by Ole Miss
- Coastal Carolina capital held by West Virginia
- Colorado capital held by Northwestern
- Colorado State capital held by BYU
- Delaware capital held by Vanderbilt
- East Carolina capital held by Alabama
- Eastern Michigan capital held by Michigan
- Florida International capital held by South Florida
- Florida State capital held by Louisville
- Georgia Southern capital held by Clemson
- Georgia State capital held by Northwestern
- Georgia Tech capital held by Northwestern
- Hawai'i capital held by Miami
- Houston capital held by Texas Tech
- 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 UCF
- Kent State capital held by Mississippi State
- LSU capital held by Ole Miss
- Liberty capital held by James Madison
- Louisiana capital held by USC
- Louisiana Tech capital held by Ole Miss
- Maryland capital held by Virginia Tech
- Memphis capital held by Boise State
- Miami (OH) capital held by Pittsburgh
- Michigan State capital held by Notre Dame
- Minnesota capital held by Mississippi State
- Missouri State capital held by Kentucky
- NC State capital held by West Virginia
- Navy capital held by Florida Atlantic
- Nevada capital held by Middle Tennessee
- New Mexico capital held by Oklahoma
- New Mexico State capital held by Louisville
- North Carolina capital held by Duke
- North Texas capital held by Indiana
- Northern Illinois capital held by Iowa
- Ohio capital held by Nebraska
- Ohio State capital held by Texas
- Old Dominion capital held by Virginia Tech
- Oregon capital held by Oklahoma State
- Oregon State capital held by Texas Tech
- Purdue capital held by Miami
- Rice capital held by Texas Tech
- Rutgers capital held by Massachusetts
- SMU capital held by Louisville
- Sam Houston capital held by Missouri
- San Diego State capital held by UCLA
- San José State capital held by USC
- South Alabama capital held by Kansas State
- South Carolina capital held by Mississippi State
- Southern Miss capital held by Florida
- Stanford capital held by USC
- Syracuse capital held by California
- TCU capital held by Clemson
- Temple capital held by Penn State
- Texas A&M capital held by Kentucky
- Texas State capital held by Texas
- Toledo capital held by Notre Dame
- Troy capital held by Missouri
- Tulane capital held by Duke
- UAB capital held by Duke
- UConn capital held by Virginia Tech
- UL Monroe capital held by Mississippi State
- UNLV capital held by Boise State
- UTEP capital held by Michigan
- UTSA capital held by Texas
- Utah State capital held by Washington
- Virginia capital held by West Virginia
- Wake Forest capital held by Miami
- Washington State capital held by Washington
- Western Kentucky capital held by Middle Tennessee
- Western Michigan capital held by Michigan
- Wisconsin capital held by Notre Dame
- Wyoming capital held by BYU