CFB Imperialism
One nation, conquered county by county. 2026 season — check your bias.
Postseason off — the map locks after championship week.
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 upsets annex like anyone else. The map locks after championship week. Every county is one dot, drawn to its size.
As of Sep 27, 2026.
2 schools unmapped this season (missing location or brand color) · 89 counties outside the projection.
5 holders shown in neutral gray (no brand color on file).
Week 4 conquests
- Indiana took Northwestern28 counties
- Clemson took California30 counties
- Wake Forest took Louisville62 counties
- Texas took Tennessee39 counties
- Iowa took Michigan55 counties
- Georgia took Oklahoma73 counties
- Florida took Ole Miss123 counties
- Auburn took Vanderbilt38 counties
- Wisconsin took Penn State65 counties
- Oklahoma State took West Virginia68 counties
- Cincinnati took Kansas State56 counties
- Oregon took USC35 counties
- NC State took App State30 counties
- Mississippi State took Missouri133 counties
- Arkansas took Tulsa51 counties
- Minnesota took Washington108 counties
Empire leaderboard
- 1Mississippi State38412.2%
- 2Florida2126.7%
- 3Iowa1765.6%
- 4Texas1384.4%
- 5Nebraska1284.1%
- 6BYU1153.7%
- 7Cincinnati1123.6%
- 8Minnesota1083.4%
- 9Oklahoma State1083.4%
- 10Virginia Tech1053.3%
The Fallen · 100
- Air Force capital held by North Dakota State
- Akron capital held by Miami
- App State capital held by NC State
- Arizona capital held by BYU
- Arizona State capital held by Kentucky
- Arkansas State capital held by Boise State
- Army capital held by South Florida
- Ball State capital held by Texas
- Baylor capital held by Florida
- Boston College capital held by Cincinnati
- Bowling Green capital held by Tarleton State
- Buffalo capital held by Florida Atlantic
- California capital held by Miami
- Central Michigan capital held by Georgia
- Charlotte capital held by The Citadel
- Coastal Carolina capital held by Oklahoma State
- Colorado capital held by Indiana
- Colorado State capital held by BYU
- Delaware capital held by Auburn
- East Carolina capital held by Alabama
- Eastern Michigan capital held by Iowa
- Florida International capital held by South Florida
- Florida State capital held by Wake Forest
- Georgia Southern capital held by Clemson
- Georgia State capital held by Indiana
- Georgia Tech capital held by Indiana
- 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 Mississippi State
- Kansas State capital held by Cincinnati
- Kennesaw State capital held by UCF
- Kent State capital held by Mississippi State
- LSU capital held by Florida
- Liberty capital held by James Madison
- Louisiana capital held by Oregon
- Louisiana Tech capital held by Florida
- Louisville capital held by Florida
- Maryland capital held by Virginia Tech
- Memphis capital held by Boise State
- Miami (OH) capital held by Pittsburgh
- Michigan capital held by Iowa
- Michigan State capital held by Notre Dame
- Middle Tennessee capital held by Marshall
- Missouri capital held by Mississippi State
- Missouri State capital held by Kentucky
- Navy capital held by Florida Atlantic
- Nevada capital held by Montana State
- New Mexico capital held by Georgia
- New Mexico State capital held by Wake Forest
- North Carolina capital held by Duke
- North Texas capital held by Indiana
- Northern Illinois capital held by Iowa
- Northwestern capital outside the map
- Ohio capital held by Nebraska
- Ohio State capital held by Texas
- Oklahoma capital held by Iowa
- Old Dominion capital held by Virginia Tech
- Ole Miss capital held by Florida
- Oregon State capital held by Texas Tech
- Penn State capital held by Wisconsin
- Purdue capital held by Miami
- Rice capital held by Texas Tech
- Rutgers capital held by Massachusetts
- SMU capital held by Wake Forest
- Sam Houston capital held by Mississippi State
- San Diego State capital held by UCLA
- San José State capital held by Oregon
- South Alabama capital held by Cincinnati
- South Carolina capital held by Mississippi State
- Southern Miss capital held by Florida
- Stanford capital held by Oregon
- Syracuse capital held by Clemson
- TCU capital held by Clemson
- Temple capital held by Wisconsin
- Tennessee capital held by Texas
- Texas A&M capital held by Kentucky
- Texas State capital held by Texas
- Toledo capital held by Notre Dame
- Troy capital held by Mississippi State
- Tulane capital held by Duke
- Tulsa capital held by Arkansas
- UAB capital held by Duke
- UConn capital held by Virginia Tech
- UL Monroe capital held by Mississippi State
- UNLV capital held by Boise State
- USC capital held by UCLA
- UTEP capital held by Iowa
- UTSA capital held by Texas
- Utah State capital held by Idaho State
- Vanderbilt capital held by Auburn
- Virginia capital held by Oklahoma State
- Washington capital held by Minnesota
- Washington State capital held by Minnesota
- West Virginia capital held by Oklahoma State
- Western Kentucky capital held by Montana State
- Western Michigan capital held by Iowa
- Wyoming capital held by BYU