Week 3 2026 · Final · Sat, 9/19

Mississippi State 41, South Carolina 34

Mississippi State takes 18K sq mi

Mississippi State beat South Carolina 41–34 and took 18K sq mi (29 counties), home to 3.25M people. That made Mississippi State the 7th-largest empire.

Mississippi State

8th-largest empire · SEC

land: 102K sq mi; land
counties: 132; counties
people: 7.16M; people

Land held before the game

Minnesota 48K sq mi Wisconsin 21K sq mi Mississippi 16K sq mi Louisiana 6,675 sq mi Arkansas 6,021 sq mi Michigan 4,093 sq mi

Biggest counties: Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Washington County, MN, St. Louis County, MN

South Carolina

47th-largest empire · SEC

land: 18K sq mi; land
counties: 29; counties
people: 3.25M; people

Land held before the game

South Carolina 12K sq mi Ohio 3,843 sq mi Pennsylvania 2,526 sq mi

Biggest counties: Richland County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Erie County, PA, Lake County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

Mississippi State and South Carolina's land on the empire map before the game. — The map just before kickoff, with both teams in color.

Week 3 empire map How conquests work