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2026 · After Week 3 · Sep 17–19

Washington holds 20.9% of the country

Share of the country's land area, in square miles

College football empire map after Week 3, 2026: 50 empires.
50 empires · tap any county for its historyWeek 3 recap →

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.

Biggest empires

By land area
  1. 1Washington755K sq mi
  2. 2North Dakota State245K sq mi
  3. 3BYU245K sq mi
  4. 4Oklahoma State145K sq mi
  5. 5Boise State131K sq mi
  6. 6Oklahoma122K sq mi
  7. 7Mississippi State120K sq mi
  8. 8Texas Tech117K sq mi
  9. 9Idaho State94K sq mi
  10. 10Kentucky92K sq mi