Week 1 2026 · Final · Sat, 9/5
Iowa 40, Northern Illinois 0
Iowa takes 8,847 sq mi
Iowa beat Northern Illinois 40–0 and took 8,847 sq mi (16 counties), home to 1.79M people. That made Iowa the 28th-largest empire.
Northern Illinois
083rd-largest empire · Mountain West
- land
- 8,847 sq mi
- land
- counties
- 16
- counties
- people
- 1.79M
- people
Land held before the game
Biggest counties: Kane County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Kendall County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, DeKalb County, IL
Iowa
4038th-largest empire · Big Ten
- land
- 24K sq mi
- land
- counties
- 42
- counties
- people
- 1.68M
- people
Land held before the game
Biggest counties: Linn County, IA, Scott County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Rock Island County, IL, Black Hawk County, IA, Dubuque County, IA
