Week 1 2026 · Final · Sat, 9/5
Ohio State 56, Ball State 3
Ohio State takes 7,549 sq mi
Ohio State beat Ball State 56–3 and took 7,549 sq mi (19 counties), home to 1.65M people. That made Ohio State the 59th-largest empire.
Ball State
394th-largest empire · Mid-American
- land
- 7,549 sq mi
- land
- counties
- 19
- counties
- people
- 1.65M
- people
Land held before the game
Biggest counties: Allen County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Howard County, IN
Ohio State
5695th-largest empire · Big Ten
- land
- 7,335 sq mi
- land
- counties
- 15
- counties
- people
- 2.62M
- people
Land held before the game
Biggest counties: Franklin County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Licking County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Clark County, OH, Ross County, OH
