Empire map · after Week 3 · Sep 17–19, 2026

BYU takes 159K sq mi

BYU won 41–23 at Colorado State and took 159K sq mi (68 counties), home to 1.63M people. Oklahoma won 14–6 at home against New Mexico for 122K sq mi. Kentucky won 31–21 at Texas A&M for 92K sq mi. 17 more conquests moved 422K sq mi. 15 empires fell; 50 remain.

College football empire map after Week 3 2026, 50 empires; empires that grew this week in color. — In color: empires that grew this weekDownload map image

Every conquest in Week 3

Conqueror	Took from	Result	Land	Counties	People
BYU	Colorado State	W 41–23 at CSU	159K sq mi	68	1.63M
Oklahoma	New Mexico	W 14–6 vs UNM	122K sq mi	73	3.47M
Kentucky	Texas A&M	W 31–21 at TA&M	92K sq mi	46	7.7M
Louisville	SMU	W 41–31 vs SMU	57K sq mi	62	7.17M
Texas	UTSA	W 30–6 vs UTSA	56K sq mi	44	4.95M
Ole Miss	LSU	W 32–24 vs LSU	46K sq mi	75	4.3M
Florida	Auburn	W 44–39 at AUB	37K sq mi	59	2.9M
Fresno State	San José State	W 26–10 at SJSU	33K sq mi	23	8.43M
Missouri	Troy	W 27–17 vs TROY	31K sq mi	40	2.44M
Texas Tech	Houston	W 28–26 vs HOU	24K sq mi	24	9.32M
Northwestern	Colorado	W 41–7 vs COLO	21K sq mi	19	5.53M
Mississippi State	South Carolina	W 41–34 at SC	18K sq mi	29	3.25M
Miami	Wake Forest	W 33–20 at WAKE	17K sq mi	38	5.34M
Clemson	North Carolina	W 28–20 vs UNC	16K sq mi	20	3.32M
Virginia Tech	Maryland	W 35–26 at MD	14K sq mi	37	11.5M
West Virginia	Virginia	W 38–27 vs UVA	13K sq mi	30	4.05M
UCF	Georgia State	W 44–30 vs GAST	11K sq mi	37	4.29M
Kansas State	Tulane	W 31–20 vs TULN	11K sq mi	11	1.69M
Florida Atlantic	Florida International	W 16–10 vs FIU	8,702 sq mi	11	2.4M
Notre Dame	Michigan State	W 27–10 vs MSU	7,002 sq mi	13	1.98M