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Week 5 2026 · Final · Fri, 10/2

Pittsburgh 35, Virginia Tech 33

Pittsburgh takes 34K sq mi

Pittsburgh beat Virginia Tech 35–33 and took 34K sq mi (105 counties), home to 14.6M people. That made Pittsburgh the 21st-largest empire.

Pittsburgh

33rd-largest empire · ACC

35
land
21K sq mi
land
counties
36
counties
people
8.77M
people

Land held before the game

Florida 8,208 sq miPennsylvania 7,460 sq miOhio 3,010 sq miIndiana 1,953 sq miWest Virginia 285 sq mi

Biggest counties: Orange County, FL, Allegheny County, PA, Brevard County, FL, Volusia County, FL, Montgomery County, OH, Seminole County, FL

Virginia Tech

26th-largest empire · ACC

33
land
34K sq mi
land
counties
105
counties
people
14.6M
people

Land held before the game

Virginia 16K sq miWest Virginia 6,003 sq miConnecticut 4,327 sq miMaryland 3,339 sq miNorth Carolina 2,370 sq miNew York 1,155 sq mi

Biggest counties: Suffolk County, NY, Fairfax County, VA, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Hartford County, CT, New Haven County, CT

Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech's land on the empire map before the game.
The map just before kickoff, with both teams in color.
Week 5 empire mapHow conquests work