Week 10 2026 · Fri, 11/6, 7:00 PM EST

Virginia Tech vs SMU: 46K sq mi on the line

On today's map, Virginia Tech puts its whole empire on the line: 46K sq mi across 73 counties in Illinois, Alabama, Louisiana and 4 more states, home to 5.94M people. If SMU wins, it takes all of it and becomes the 18th-largest empire. If Virginia Tech wins, nothing changes hands.

Virginia Tech

18th-largest empire · ACC

land: 46K sq mi; land
counties: 73; counties
people: 5.94M; people

Land at stake

Illinois 25K sq mi Alabama 8,827 sq mi Louisiana 7,581 sq mi North Carolina 2,336 sq mi Virginia 1,292 sq mi Mississippi 486 sq mi

Biggest counties: Jefferson County, AL, Jefferson County, LA, Orleans County, LA, Durham County, NC, St. Tammany County, LA, Madison County, IL

SMU

No land · ACC

land: 0 sq mi; land
counties: 0; counties
people: 0; people

Win and take 46K sq mi: SMU becomes the 18th-largest empire at 46K sq mi.

Virginia Tech and SMU's land on the empire map going into the game. — Today's map; it will change before kickoff, with both teams in color.

Week 10 empire map How conquests work