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 upsets annex like anyone else. Bowls and the playoff count. Every county is one dot, drawn to its size.
As of Sep 7, 2026.
2 schools unmapped this season (missing location or brand color) · 89 counties outside the projection.
4 holders shown in neutral gray (no brand color on file).
Week 1 conquests
- North Carolina took TCU16 counties
- USC took San José State6 counties
- Virginia took NC State9 counties
- North Dakota State took Jacksonville State13 counties
- Florida State took New Mexico State6 counties
- Stanford took Hawai'i5 counties
- Memphis took UNLV9 counties
- Massachusetts took Rutgers20 counties
- Wake Forest took Akron11 counties
- Colorado took Georgia Tech3 counties
- Illinois took UAB12 counties
- San José State took Eastern Michigan6 counties
- Michigan State took Toledo6 counties
- Oklahoma took UTEP8 counties
- Miami took Stanford7 counties
- USC took Fresno State10 counties
- Indiana took North Texas15 counties
- James Madison took Liberty15 counties
- Houston took Oregon State17 counties
- Alabama took East Carolina21 counties
- Nebraska took Ohio19 counties
- Tarleton State took Bowling Green16 counties
- West Virginia took Coastal Carolina15 counties
- Pittsburgh took Miami (OH)12 counties
- Ohio State took Ball State19 counties
- South Carolina took Kent State11 counties
- Oregon took Boise State26 counties
- Auburn took Baylor12 counties
- Penn State took Marshall27 counties
- The Citadel took Charlotte18 counties
- Cincinnati took Boston College36 counties
- Duke took Tulane10 counties
- Texas took Texas State10 counties
- Tulsa took Oklahoma State30 counties
- Iowa took Northern Illinois16 counties
- Colorado State took Wyoming69 counties
- Texas A&M took Missouri State30 counties
- Memphis took Arkansas State50 counties
- South Florida took Florida International3 counties
- Troy took Sam Houston17 counties
- Idaho State took Utah State37 counties
- Michigan took Western Michigan10 counties
- Mississippi State took UL Monroe27 counties
- LSU took Clemson21 counties
- Florida took Florida Atlantic6 counties
- New Mexico took Central Michigan48 counties
- UCLA took California15 counties
- Nevada took Western Kentucky41 counties
- Washington took Washington State55 counties
- Ole Miss took Louisville25 counties
- Notre Dame took Wisconsin53 counties
- SMU took Florida State40 counties
Empire leaderboard
- 1Minnesota1755.6%
- 2Nebraska1284.1%
- 3Washington1083.4%
- 4Colorado State922.9%
- 5Texas Tech782.5%
- 6Memphis772.5%
- 7New Mexico732.3%
- 8Notre Dame672.1%
- 9Nevada662.1%
- 10Iowa State632.0%
The Fallen · 51
- Akron capital held by Wake Forest
- Arkansas State capital held by Memphis
- Ball State capital held by Ohio State
- Baylor capital held by Auburn
- Boise State capital held by Oregon
- Boston College capital held by Cincinnati
- Bowling Green capital held by Tarleton State
- California capital held by Miami
- Central Michigan capital held by New Mexico
- Charlotte capital held by The Citadel
- Clemson capital held by LSU
- Coastal Carolina capital held by West Virginia
- East Carolina capital held by Alabama
- Eastern Michigan capital held by Michigan
- Florida Atlantic capital held by Florida
- Florida International capital held by South Florida
- Florida State capital held by SMU
- Fresno State capital held by USC
- Georgia Tech capital held by Colorado
- Hawai'i capital held by Miami
- Jacksonville State capital held by North Dakota State
- Kent State capital held by South Carolina
- Liberty capital held by James Madison
- Louisville capital held by Ole Miss
- Marshall capital held by Penn State
- Miami (OH) capital held by Pittsburgh
- Missouri State capital held by Texas A&M
- NC State capital held by Virginia
- New Mexico State capital held by SMU
- North Texas capital held by Indiana
- Northern Illinois capital held by Iowa
- Ohio capital held by Nebraska
- Oklahoma State capital held by Tulsa
- Oregon State capital held by Houston
- Rutgers capital held by Massachusetts
- Sam Houston capital held by Troy
- Stanford capital held by USC
- TCU capital held by North Carolina
- Texas State capital held by Texas
- Toledo capital held by Michigan State
- Tulane capital held by Duke
- UAB capital held by Illinois
- UL Monroe capital held by Mississippi State
- UNLV capital held by Memphis
- UTEP capital held by Oklahoma
- Utah State capital held by Idaho State
- 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