Charleston Southern holds 63 counties (23,033 mi²) on the 2026 FCS imperialism map after Week 8, the No. 19 empire. Its largest empire was 97,802 mi² (212 counties) in 2013. It has held land in 24 seasons since 2003 and fought 45 battles for land.
Right now · 2026 · FCS
23,033 mi²
63 counties · empire #19
Home soil
6,333 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
24
never finished #1
Battles for land
45
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 6,333 mi² · peak 23,033 mi² (Week 8) · holds 23,033 mi² · #19 · 1–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 6,333 mi² · peak 20,755 mi² (Week 5) · landless at the end · 1–2 in land battles
- 2024seeded 6,333 mi² · peak 6,333 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 1–2 in land battles
- 2023seeded 6,333 mi² · peak 6,333 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2022seeded 6,333 mi² · peak 6,333 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2021seeded 6,333 mi² · peak 11,594 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end · 1–1 in land battles
- 2020seeded 6,333 mi² · peak 6,333 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2019seeded 6,333 mi² · peak 6,333 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
24 seasons on the map since 2003
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- Coastal Carolina3 battles · took 165,413 mi² · lost 0 mi²
- Gardner-Webb4 battles · took 13,725 mi² · lost 122,566 mi²
- Jacksonville State1 battles · took 0 mi² · lost 97,769 mi²
- Liberty4 battles · took 57,472 mi² · lost 17,625 mi²
Also on the FBS map
1 season with land since 2026 · a raider from below
- 2026peak 9,177 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…