Week 1 2026 · Final · Thu, 9/3
Massachusetts 37, Rutgers 21
Massachusetts takes 6,590 sq mi
Massachusetts beat Rutgers 37–21 and took 6,590 sq mi (20 counties), home to 15.3M people. That made Massachusetts the 26th-largest empire.
Massachusetts
3737th-largest empire · Mid-American
- land
- 24K sq mi
- land
- counties
- 30
- counties
- people
- 3.68M
- people
Land held before the game
Biggest counties: Worcester County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Albany County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Chittenden County, VT, Hampshire County, MA
Rutgers
21106th-largest empire · Big Ten
- land
- 6,590 sq mi
- land
- counties
- 20
- counties
- people
- 15.3M
- people
Land held before the game
Biggest counties: Kings County, NY, Queens County, NY, New York County, NY, Nassau County, NY, Middlesex County, NJ, Essex County, NJ
