Empire map · after Week 1 · Sep 3–7, 2026

Colorado State takes 129K sq mi

Colorado State won 35–13 at home against Wyoming and took 129K sq mi (45 counties), home to 771K people. Washington won 24–10 at home against Washington State for 125K sq mi. Oregon won 34–27 at home against Boise State for 96K sq mi. 42 more conquests moved 697K sq mi. 41 empires fell; 89 remain.

College football empire map after Week 1 2026, 89 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
Colorado State	Wyoming	W 35–13 vs WYO	129K sq mi	45	771K
Washington	Washington State	W 24–10 vs WSU	125K sq mi	55	2.43M
Oregon	Boise State	W 34–27 vs BOIS	96K sq mi	26	1.26M
Idaho State	Utah State	W 29–17 at USU	94K sq mi	37	1.52M
Cincinnati	Boston College	W 34–15 vs BC	44K sq mi	36	9.01M
SMU	Florida State	W 27–24 at FSU	43K sq mi	40	1.73M
Notre Dame	Wisconsin	W 41–13 vs WIS	39K sq mi	53	4.03M
New Mexico	Central Michigan	W 38–7 vs CMU	33K sq mi	48	1.82M
San José State	Eastern Michigan	W 27–21 at EMU	33K sq mi	23	8.43M
USC	Fresno State	W 39–0 vs FRES	30K sq mi	10	2.49M
Memphis	Arkansas State	W 42–24 vs ARST	30K sq mi	50	1.67M
Oklahoma	UTEP	W 51–0 vs UTEP	29K sq mi	8	972K
Tulsa	Oklahoma State	W 24–10 vs OKST	28K sq mi	30	1.07M
Texas A&M	Missouri State	W 50–0 vs MOST	20K sq mi	30	1.28M
Houston	Oregon State	W 33–20 vs ORST	18K sq mi	17	3.37M
Mississippi State	UL Monroe	W 62–13 vs ULM	17K sq mi	27	563K
Troy	Sam Houston	W 24–21 vs SHSU	16K sq mi	17	1.38M
Nevada	Western Kentucky	W 49–14 vs WKU	15K sq mi	41	1.2M
Indiana	North Texas	W 52–16 vs UNT	13K sq mi	15	1.6M
Alabama	East Carolina	W 48–10 vs ECU	12K sq mi	21	1.2M
West Virginia	Coastal Carolina	W 31–24 vs CCU	12K sq mi	15	2.07M
Auburn	Baylor	W 17–16 vs BAY	11K sq mi	12	983K
Penn State	Marshall	W 45–0 vs MRSH	11K sq mi	27	973K
LSU	Clemson	W 51–10 vs CLEM	9,263 sq mi	21	2.01M
The Citadel	Charlotte	W 43–41 at CLT	9,190 sq mi	18	3.39M
Iowa	Northern Illinois	W 40–0 vs NIU	8,847 sq mi	16	1.79M
Illinois	UAB	W 42–23 vs UAB	8,827 sq mi	12	1.59M
Ole Miss	Louisville	W 41–38 vs LOU	8,537 sq mi	25	1.78M
Nebraska	Ohio	W 49–21 vs OHIO	8,161 sq mi	19	581K
Texas	Texas State	W 59–7 vs TXST	8,135 sq mi	10	936K
Duke	Tulane	W 17–3 vs TULN	8,067 sq mi	10	1.47M
Miami	Stanford	W 45–6 at STAN	7,681 sq mi	7	3.84M
Ohio State	Ball State	W 56–3 vs BALL	7,549 sq mi	19	1.65M
Tarleton State	Bowling Green	W 20–13 at BGSU	7,127 sq mi	16	842K
James Madison	Liberty	W 20–13 vs LIB	6,686 sq mi	15	491K
Florida	Florida Atlantic	W 66–21 vs FAU	6,600 sq mi	6	2.24M
Massachusetts	Rutgers	W 37–21 at RUTG	6,590 sq mi	20	15.3M
South Carolina	Kent State	W 57–0 vs KENT	6,369 sq mi	11	1.6M
Michigan	Western Michigan	W 13–12 vs WMU	6,146 sq mi	10	1.78M
Wake Forest	Akron	W 38–16 vs AKR	5,826 sq mi	12	3.14M
South Florida	Florida International	W 19–9 vs FIU	5,655 sq mi	3	3.34M
UCLA	California	W 45–24 at CAL	4,629 sq mi	6	3.33M
Pittsburgh	Miami (OH)	W 59–14 vs M-OH	4,554 sq mi	12	1.47M
Michigan State	Toledo	W 30–20 vs TOL	2,803 sq mi	6	798K
Colorado	Georgia Tech	W 14–13 at GT	1,249 sq mi	3	2.86M