Big Ten empire map · after Week 5 · Sep 25–27, 2025

Big Ten held 31.4% of the country

Together, the Big Ten's 18 schools hold 31.4% of the country: 1.13M sq mi across 687 counties, home to 82.5M people. Ohio State holds the most, 689K sq mi, the 1st-largest empire in the country. 12 schools have no land. Against everyone else this season, its schools have won 383K sq mi and lost 365K sq mi.

Big Ten schools

SchoolLandCounties
Ohio State689K sq mi126
Oregon176K sq mi99
Illinois93K sq mi119
Michigan85K sq mi129
Indiana67K sq mi164
Maryland23K sq mi50
Iowa——
Michigan State——
Minnesota——
Nebraska——
Northwestern——
Penn State——
Purdue——
Rutgers——
UCLA——
USC——
Washington——
Wisconsin——

383K sq mi

won from others (19)

365K sq mi

lost to others (6)

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conquests inside

Biggest Big Ten conquests of 2025

WK 5Ohio State over Washington660K sq miWK 3California over Minnesota (non-conference)190K sq miWK 5Oregon over Penn State99K sq miWK 5Illinois over USC93K sq miWK 2Oklahoma over Michigan (non-conference)91K sq miWK 1Michigan over New Mexico (non-conference)89K sq miWK 4Michigan over Nebraska85K sq miWK 1Penn State over Nevada (non-conference)74K sq miWK 4USC over Michigan State54K sq miWK 3Alabama over Wisconsin (non-conference)44K sq mi