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 Oct 11, 2026.
2 schools unmapped this season (missing location or brand color) · 89 counties outside the projection.
The empire as it stands
No new conquests beyond week 6 — every completed game is on the map.
Empire leaderboard
- 1Georgia55217.6%
- 2Missouri2818.9%
- 3Indiana2197.0%
- 4Ohio State1765.6%
- 5Purdue1454.6%
- 6North Carolina1434.6%
- 7Miami1384.4%
- 8Oklahoma1384.4%
- 9BYU1153.7%
- 10Arizona1123.6%
The Fallen · 108
- Air Force capital held by UNLV
- Akron capital held by Miami
- Alabama capital held by Georgia
- App State capital held by Wake Forest
- Arizona State capital held by Kentucky
- Arkansas capital held by Utah
- Arkansas State capital held by Boise State
- Army capital held by UConn
- Auburn capital held by Missouri
- Ball State capital held by Oklahoma
- Baylor capital held by Missouri
- Boston College capital held by Arizona
- Bowling Green capital held by Indiana
- Buffalo capital held by Florida Atlantic
- California capital held by Miami
- Central Michigan capital held by Georgia
- Charlotte capital held by Missouri
- Cincinnati capital held by Arizona
- Clemson capital held by Missouri
- Coastal Carolina capital held by Oklahoma State
- Colorado capital held by Indiana
- Colorado State capital held by BYU
- Delaware capital held by Tennessee
- Duke capital held by Georgia Tech
- East Carolina capital held by Georgia
- Florida capital held by Missouri
- Florida International capital held by UConn
- Florida State capital held by Wake Forest
- Fresno State capital held by UCLA
- Georgia Southern capital held by Miami
- Georgia State capital held by Indiana
- Hawai'i capital held by Miami
- Illinois capital held by Georgia Tech
- Iowa capital held by Ohio State
- Iowa State capital held by Ohio State
- Kansas capital held by Georgia
- Kansas State capital held by Arizona
- Kennesaw State capital held by Houston
- Kent State capital held by Georgia
- LSU capital held by Missouri
- Liberty capital held by James Madison
- Louisiana capital held by UCLA
- Louisiana Tech capital held by Missouri
- Louisville capital held by Missouri
- Marshall capital held by Wisconsin
- Maryland capital held by North Carolina
- Massachusetts capital held by Eastern Michigan
- Memphis capital held by Boise State
- Miami (OH) capital held by North Carolina
- Michigan capital held by Ohio State
- Michigan State capital held by Notre Dame
- Middle Tennessee capital held by James Madison
- Minnesota capital held by Georgia
- Mississippi State capital held by Georgia
- Missouri State capital held by Kentucky
- NC State capital held by Oklahoma State
- Navy capital held by Florida Atlantic
- Nebraska capital held by Indiana
- Nevada capital held by Jacksonville State
- New Mexico capital held by Georgia
- New Mexico State capital held by Wake Forest
- North Texas capital held by Indiana
- Northern Illinois capital held by Ohio State
- Northwestern capital outside the map
- Ohio capital held by Indiana
- Old Dominion capital held by North Carolina
- Ole Miss capital held by Missouri
- Oregon capital held by Oklahoma State
- Oregon State capital held by Texas Tech
- Penn State capital held by Wisconsin
- Pittsburgh capital held by North Carolina
- Rice capital held by Texas Tech
- Rutgers capital held by Eastern Michigan
- SMU capital held by Wake Forest
- Sam Houston capital held by Georgia
- San Diego State capital held by UCLA
- San José State capital held by UCLA
- South Alabama capital held by Arizona
- South Carolina capital held by Georgia
- South Florida capital held by UConn
- Southern Miss capital held by Missouri
- Stanford capital held by UCLA
- Syracuse capital held by Miami
- TCU capital held by Miami
- Temple capital held by Wisconsin
- Texas capital held by Oklahoma
- Texas A&M capital held by Kentucky
- Texas State capital held by Oklahoma
- Toledo capital held by Notre Dame
- Troy capital held by Georgia
- Tulane capital held by Georgia Tech
- Tulsa capital held by Missouri
- UAB capital held by Georgia Tech
- UCF capital held by North Carolina
- UL Monroe capital held by Georgia
- USC capital held by UCLA
- UTEP capital held by Ohio State
- UTSA capital held by Oklahoma
- Utah State capital held by Purdue
- Vanderbilt capital held by Tennessee
- Virginia capital held by Oklahoma State
- Virginia Tech capital held by North Carolina
- Washington capital held by Purdue
- Washington State capital held by Purdue
- West Virginia capital held by Oklahoma State
- Western Kentucky capital held by Jacksonville State
- Western Michigan capital held by Ohio State
- Wyoming capital held by BYU