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2026 · After Week 5 · Oct 1–3

Minnesota holds 20.9% of the country

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

College football empire map after Week 5, 2026: 37 empires.
37 empires · tap any county for its historyWeek 5 recap →

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.

Biggest empires

By land area
  1. 1Minnesota755K sq mi
  2. 2North Dakota State245K sq mi
  3. 3BYU245K sq mi
  4. 4Alabama237K sq mi
  5. 5Oklahoma State180K sq mi
  6. 6Ohio State133K sq mi
  7. 7Boise State131K sq mi
  8. 8Georgia130K sq mi
  9. 9Missouri127K sq mi
  10. 10Texas Tech117K sq mi