College football, played as Risk

The Imperialism Map

3,142 counties89 empires53 battles3 raidsThrough Sep 7

Surveying the counties…

Every county starts with the nearest FBS stadium. Win, and you take everything the loser holds. Lose it all, and the only way back is beating somebody who still owns dirt.

Latest conquests

Week 1

The Citadel def. Charlotte43–41 · Sep 5raid+18 counties
Tulsa def. Oklahoma State24–10 · Sep 5+30 counties
Iowa def. Northern Illinois40–0 · Sep 5+16 counties
Colorado State def. Wyoming35–13 · Sep 5upset+45 counties
Texas A&M def. Missouri State50–0 · Sep 5+30 counties
Idaho State def. Utah State29–17 · Sep 5raid+37 counties
Memphis def. Arkansas State42–24 · Sep 5+50 counties
South Florida def. Florida International19–9 · Sep 5+3 counties
Troy def. Sam Houston24–21 · Sep 5+17 counties
LSU def. Clemson51–10 · Sep 5upset+21 counties
Mississippi State def. UL Monroe62–13 · Sep 5+27 counties
Michigan def. Western Michigan13–12 · Sep 5+10 counties
Florida def. Florida Atlantic66–21 · Sep 5+6 counties
New Mexico def. Central Michigan38–7 · Sep 5+48 counties
UCLA def. California45–24 · Sep 5upset+6 counties
Nevada def. Western Kentucky49–14 · Sep 5upset+41 counties
Washington def. Washington State24–10 · Sep 6+56 counties
Ole Miss def. Louisville41–38 · Sep 6+25 counties
Notre Dame def. Wisconsin41–13 · Sep 6+53 counties
SMU def. Florida State27–24 · Sep 7+40 counties

Battles ahead

Utah State at WashingtonSat, Sep 12 · 3:30 PM ET757,576 mi² at stake
North Dakota State at Air ForceSat, Sep 12 · 10:00 PM ET244,689 mi² at stake
Southern Utah at Colorado StateSat, Sep 12 · 7:00 PM ET158,417 mi² at stake
Oregon at Oklahoma StateSat, Sep 12 · 12:00 PM ET144,185 mi² at stake
Memphis at Boise StateSat, Sep 12 · 6:00 PM ET130,752 mi² at stake
Mercyhurst at New MexicoSat, Sep 12 · 4:00 PM ET121,660 mi² at stake

Standings

The Empires

89 landholders · through Sep 7

1Washington757,576 mi² · 108 co
2North Dakota State171,210 mi² · 137 co
3Colorado State158,417 mi² · 68 co
4Oregon144,185 mi² · 40 co
5Memphis130,752 mi² · 77 co
6New Mexico121,660 mi² · 73 co
7Idaho StateFCS93,699 mi² · 37 co
8Texas Tech92,297 mi² · 78 co
9Nevada77,459 mi² · 59 co
10Nebraska77,234 mi² · 118 co
11Air Force73,479 mi² · 51 co
12Minnesota72,881 mi² · 85 co

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Articles of war

How the war works

The seeding

Before a down is played, every county in the fifty states is dealt to the FBS program with the nearest stadium, measured as the crow flies from the county's geographic center. Nobody starts landless in the FBS; nobody outside it starts with anything.

The conquest

When a game goes final, the winner takes everything the loser holds at that moment: home soil and every prior conquest alike. Games are replayed in kickoff order, so an empire can rise and fall inside a single Saturday.

III

The raid

A team with no land has nothing to lose, but it can beat any landholder and take the lot. That is how FCS, Division II and Division III programs raid their way onto the map, and land taken downward can stay there all season.

Ties, unfinished games and games without a score are ignored. Territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands) are off the map. Neutral-site games overseas do not yet award foreign soil. A week appears in the timeline once its first game goes final. The current map is refreshed automatically every morning during the season. The 2026 campaign currently runs through September 7. Stadium coordinates, colors and logos are today's; conference and division come from each season's own results. The full rules and methodology have the details.