Week 2 2026 · Final · Sat, 9/12
Duke 31, Illinois 27
Duke takes 34K sq mi
Duke beat Illinois 31–27 and took 34K sq mi (54 counties), home to 3.72M people. That made Duke the 20th-largest empire.
Duke
3163rd-largest empire · ACC
- land
- 12K sq mi
- land
- counties
- 19
- counties
- people
- 2.22M
- people
Land held before the game
Biggest counties: Jefferson County, LA, Orleans County, LA, Durham County, NC, St. Tammany County, LA, Orange County, NC, Terrebonne County, LA
Illinois
2725th-largest empire · Big Ten
- land
- 34K sq mi
- land
- counties
- 54
- counties
- people
- 3.72M
- people
Land held before the game
Biggest counties: Jefferson County, AL, Madison County, IL, Shelby County, AL, Champaign County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Peoria County, IL
