Empire map · after Week 1 · Aug 28–Sep 1, 2025

South Florida takes 96K sq mi

South Florida won 34–7 at home against Boise State and took 96K sq mi (26 counties), home to 1.26M people. Michigan won 34–17 at home against New Mexico for 89K sq mi. Penn State won 46–11 at home against Nevada for 74K sq mi. 42 more conquests moved 526K sq mi. 42 empires fell; 90 remain.

College football empire map after Week 1 2025, 90 empires; empires that grew this week in color. — In color: empires that grew this weekDownload map image

Every conquest in Week 1

Conqueror	Took from	Result	Land	Counties	People
South Florida	Boise State	W 34–7 vs BOIS	96K sq mi	26	1.26M
Michigan	New Mexico	W 34–17 vs UNM	89K sq mi	25	1.65M
Penn State	Nevada	W 46–11 vs NEV	74K sq mi	25	2.13M
Texas A&M	UTSA	W 42–24 vs UTSA	56K sq mi	44	4.95M
Washington	Colorado State	W 38–21 vs CSU	30K sq mi	23	860K
Utah State	UTEP	W 28–16 vs UTEP	29K sq mi	8	972K
Tennessee	Syracuse	W 45–26 vs SYR	28K sq mi	30	2.57M
Temple	Massachusetts	W 42–10 at MASS	24K sq mi	30	3.68M
Fresno State	Georgia Southern	W 42–14 vs GASO	20K sq mi	43	1.72M
USC	Missouri State	W 73–13 vs MOST	20K sq mi	30	1.28M
Georgia Tech	Colorado	W 27–20 at COLO	20K sq mi	16	2.66M
California	Oregon State	W 34–15 at ORST	18K sq mi	17	3.37M
Mississippi State	Southern Miss	W 34–17 at USM	16K sq mi	26	1.06M
Rice	Louisiana	W 14–12 at UL	15K sq mi	16	1.16M
NC State	East Carolina	W 24–17 vs ECU	12K sq mi	21	1.2M
Utah	UCLA	W 43–10 at UCLA	12K sq mi	2	10.7M
Austin Peay	Middle Tennessee	W 34–14 at MTSU	12K sq mi	27	2.19M
Virginia	Coastal Carolina	W 48–7 vs CCU	12K sq mi	15	2.07M
Auburn	Baylor	W 38–24 at BAY	11K sq mi	12	983K
Georgia	Marshall	W 45–7 vs MRSH	11K sq mi	27	973K
Tarleton State	Army	W 30–27 at ARMY	11K sq mi	18	6.86M
Ohio State	Texas	W 14–7 vs TEX	11K sq mi	11	2.35M
South Carolina	Virginia Tech	W 24–11 vs VT	10K sq mi	26	879K
Florida State	Alabama	W 31–17 vs ALA	9,820 sq mi	12	455K
Indiana	Old Dominion	W 27–14 vs ODU	9,680 sq mi	42	2.26M
LSU	Clemson	W 17–10 at CLEM	9,263 sq mi	21	2.01M
App State	Charlotte	W 34–11 vs CLT	9,190 sq mi	18	3.39M
Central Michigan	San José State	W 16–14 at SJSU	9,003 sq mi	6	3.3M
Minnesota	Buffalo	W 23–10 vs BUF	8,702 sq mi	11	2.4M
Rutgers	Ohio	W 34–31 vs OHIO	8,161 sq mi	19	581K
Arizona	Hawai'i	W 40–6 vs HAW	7,681 sq mi	7	3.84M
Purdue	Ball State	W 31–0 vs BALL	7,549 sq mi	19	1.65M
UCF	Jacksonville State	W 17–10 vs JXST	7,123 sq mi	13	614K
Maryland	Florida Atlantic	W 39–7 vs FAU	6,600 sq mi	6	2.24M
Miami	Notre Dame	W 27–24 vs ND	6,230 sq mi	14	1.31M
Nebraska	Cincinnati	W 20–17 vs CIN	6,213 sq mi	20	2.06M
Michigan State	Western Michigan	W 23–6 vs WMU	6,146 sq mi	10	1.78M
Wake Forest	Kennesaw State	W 10–9 vs KENN	6,130 sq mi	18	2.35M
Wyoming	Akron	W 10–0 at AKR	5,826 sq mi	12	3.14M
Ole Miss	Georgia State	W 63–7 vs GAST	5,364 sq mi	19	1.94M
Tulane	Northwestern	W 23–3 vs NU	4,655 sq mi	9	9.45M
Wisconsin	Miami (OH)	W 17–0 vs M-OH	4,554 sq mi	12	1.47M
Texas State	Eastern Michigan	W 52–27 vs EMU	4,407 sq mi	6	4.24M
Kentucky	Toledo	W 24–16 vs TOL	2,803 sq mi	6	798K
TCU	North Carolina	W 48–14 at UNC	2,100 sq mi	4	444K