Colorado School of Mines holds 77 counties (312,894 mi²) on the 2026 D-II imperialism map after Week 8, the No. 3 empire. Its largest empire was 2,150,353 mi² (1,067 counties) in 2023. It has held land in 6 seasons since 1902 and fought 25 battles for land.
Right now · 2026 · D-II
312,894 mi²
77 counties · empire #3
Home soil
45,123 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
6
never finished #1
Battles for land
25
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 45,123 mi² · peak 312,894 mi² (Week 3) · holds 312,894 mi² · #3 · 1–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 45,123 mi² · peak 45,123 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2024seeded 45,123 mi² · peak 249,019 mi² (Week 5) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
- 2023seeded 45,123 mi² · peak 2,150,353 mi² (Bowls 15) · landless at the end · 6–1 in land battles
- 2022seeded 45,123 mi² · peak 1,541,046 mi² (Week 15) · landless at the end · 4–2 in land battles
- 2021seeded 45,123 mi² · peak 1,817,883 mi² (Week 14) · landless at the end · 4–2 in land battles
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- Angelo State3 battles · took 2,721,995 mi² · lost 0 mi²
- Harding1 battles · took 0 mi² · lost 2,150,353 mi²
- Valdosta State1 battles · took 0 mi² · lost 1,817,883 mi²
- Ferris State1 battles · took 0 mi² · lost 1,541,046 mi²
The almanac
- №5 biggest single conquest · 2021
- №8 largest empire ever · 2023
- №10 largest at season's end · 2026
- №11 largest empire ever · 2021
- №11 most conquests in a season · 2023
- №12 biggest single conquest · 2023
Also on the FBS map
37 seasons with land since 1902 · a raider from below
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…