Empire map · after Week 5 · Oct 1–3, 2026

Alabama takes 204K sq mi

Alabama won 56–23 at Mississippi State and took 204K sq mi (294 counties), home to 19.3M people. Ohio State won 31–14 at Iowa for 133K sq mi. Missouri won 45–17 at home against Florida for 127K sq mi. 12 more conquests moved 524K sq mi. 4 empires fell; 37 remain.

College football empire map after Week 5 2026, 37 empires; empires that grew this week in color. — In color: empires that grew this weekDownload map image

Every conquest in Week 5

Conqueror	Took from	Result	Land	Counties	People
Alabama	Mississippi State	W 56–23 at MSST	204K sq mi	294	19.3M
Ohio State	Iowa	W 31–14 at IOWA	133K sq mi	176	10.7M
Missouri	Florida	W 45–17 vs FLA	127K sq mi	211	15M
Arizona	Cincinnati	W 34–7 vs CIN	99K sq mi	113	13.4M
Northern Arizona	Idaho State	W 38–31 at IDST	94K sq mi	37	1.52M
Idaho	Montana State	W 35–34 vs MTST	77K sq mi	59	2.29M
Miami	Clemson	W 41–13 at CLEM	64K sq mi	93	7.61M
Texas A&M	Arkansas	W 34–7 vs ARK	46K sq mi	51	2.46M
Pittsburgh	Virginia Tech	W 35–33 at VT	34K sq mi	105	14.6M
Eastern Michigan	Massachusetts	W 38–14 at MASS	30K sq mi	50	19M
Temple	South Florida	W 17–13 at USF	27K sq mi	33	16.7M
Tennessee	Auburn	W 24–14 vs AUB	20K sq mi	38	5.79M
James Madison	Marshall	W 45–17 vs MRSH	12K sq mi	27	2.19M
Houston	UCF	W 27–17 vs UCF	11K sq mi	37	4.29M
Gardner-Webb	Charleston Southern	W 12–10 at CHSO	9,190 sq mi	18	3.39M