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Week 2 2026 · Final · Sat, 9/12

Notre Dame 52, Rice 0

Notre Dame takes 7,940 sq mi

Notre Dame beat Rice 52–0 and took 7,940 sq mi (8 counties), home to 1.57M people. That made Notre Dame the 18th-largest empire.

71st-largest empire · American Athletic

0

land: 7,940 sq mi; land
counties: 8; counties
people: 1.57M; people

Land held before the game

Texas 7,940 sq mi

Biggest counties: Fort Bend County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Waller County, TX, Wharton County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Colorado County, TX

22nd-largest empire · FBS Independents

52

land: 46K sq mi; land
counties: 67; counties
people: 5.34M; people

Land held before the game

Wisconsin 34K sq mi Indiana 5,140 sq mi Michigan 3,991 sq mi Illinois 1,178 sq mi Iowa 658 sq mi Minnesota 569 sq mi

Biggest counties: Dane County, WI, Waukesha County, WI, Brown County, WI, St. Joseph County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Outagamie County, WI

Rice and Notre Dame's land on the empire map before the game. — The map just before kickoff, with both teams in color.

Week 2 empire map How conquests work