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 Oct 4, 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 5 conquests
- Pittsburgh took Virginia Tech105 counties
- Alabama took Mississippi State384 counties
- Houston took UCF37 counties
- Tennessee took Auburn38 counties
- Ohio State took Iowa176 counties
- Missouri took Florida212 counties
- Eastern Michigan took Massachusetts50 counties
- James Madison took Marshall27 counties
- Texas A&M took Arkansas51 counties
- Temple took South Florida33 counties
- Miami took Clemson93 counties
- Arizona took Cincinnati112 counties
Empire leaderboard
- 1Alabama45214.4%
- 2Missouri2126.7%
- 3Ohio State1765.6%
- 4Pittsburgh1434.6%
- 5Miami1384.4%
- 6Texas1384.4%
- 7Nebraska1284.1%
- 8BYU1153.7%
- 9Arizona1123.6%
- 10Minnesota1083.4%
The Fallen · 104
- Air Force capital held by North Dakota State
- Akron capital held by Miami
- App State capital held by NC State
- Arizona State capital held by Kentucky
- Arkansas capital held by Utah
- Arkansas State capital held by Boise State
- Army capital held by Temple
- Auburn capital held by Missouri
- Ball State capital held by Texas
- Baylor capital held by Missouri
- Boston College capital held by Arizona
- 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
- 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
- East Carolina capital held by Alabama
- Florida capital held by Missouri
- Florida International capital held by Temple
- Florida State capital held by Wake Forest
- Georgia Southern capital held by Miami
- Georgia State capital held by Indiana
- Georgia Tech capital held by Indiana
- Hawai'i capital held by Miami
- Illinois capital held by Duke
- Iowa capital held by Ohio State
- Iowa State capital held by Ohio State
- Jacksonville State capital held by North Dakota State
- Kansas capital held by Alabama
- Kansas State capital held by Arizona
- Kennesaw State capital held by Houston
- Kent State capital held by Alabama
- LSU capital held by Missouri
- Liberty capital held by James Madison
- Louisiana capital held by Oregon
- Louisiana Tech capital held by Missouri
- Louisville capital held by Missouri
- Marshall capital held by Wisconsin
- Maryland capital held by Pittsburgh
- Massachusetts capital held by Eastern Michigan
- Memphis capital held by Boise State
- Miami (OH) capital held by Pittsburgh
- Michigan capital held by Ohio State
- Michigan State capital held by Notre Dame
- Middle Tennessee capital held by James Madison
- Mississippi State capital held by Alabama
- 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 Ohio State
- Northwestern capital outside the map
- Ohio capital held by Nebraska
- Oklahoma capital held by Ohio State
- Old Dominion capital held by Pittsburgh
- Ole Miss capital held by Missouri
- 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 Eastern Michigan
- SMU capital held by Wake Forest
- Sam Houston capital held by Alabama
- San Diego State capital held by UCLA
- San José State capital held by Oregon
- South Alabama capital held by Arizona
- South Carolina capital held by Alabama
- South Florida capital held by Temple
- Southern Miss capital held by Missouri
- Stanford capital held by Oregon
- Syracuse capital held by Miami
- TCU capital held by Miami
- Texas State capital held by Texas
- Toledo capital held by Notre Dame
- Troy capital held by Alabama
- Tulane capital held by Duke
- Tulsa capital held by Texas A&M
- UAB capital held by Duke
- UCF capital held by Pittsburgh
- UConn capital held by Pittsburgh
- UL Monroe capital held by Alabama
- UNLV capital held by Boise State
- USC capital held by UCLA
- UTEP capital held by Ohio State
- UTSA capital held by Texas
- Utah State capital held by Idaho State
- Vanderbilt capital held by Tennessee
- Virginia capital held by Oklahoma State
- Virginia Tech capital held by Pittsburgh
- 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 Ohio State
- Wyoming capital held by BYU