Week 9 2026 · Sat, 10/31, 12:00 PM EDT

Arizona vs Texas Tech: 99K sq mi on the line

Arizona puts its whole empire on the line: 99K sq mi across 113 counties in Kansas, Maine, Alabama and 8 more states, home to 13.4M people. If Texas Tech wins, it takes all of it and becomes the 12th-largest empire. If Arizona wins, nothing changes hands.

Arizona

12th-largest empire · Big 12

land: 99K sq mi; land
counties: 113; counties
people: 13.4M; people

Land at stake

Kansas 38K sq mi Maine 33K sq mi Alabama 7,300 sq mi New Hampshire 6,240 sq mi Massachusetts 3,790 sq mi Ohio 3,326 sq mi

Biggest counties: Middlesex County, MA, Hamilton County, OH, Essex County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Providence County, RI

Texas Tech

No land · Big 12

land: 0 sq mi; land
counties: 0; counties
people: 0; people

Win and take 99K sq mi: Texas Tech becomes the 12th-largest empire at 99K sq mi.

Arizona and Texas Tech's land on the empire map going into the game. — The map going into the game, with both teams in color.

Week 9 empire map How conquests work