Duke holds no land on the 2026 college football imperialism map after Week 8. Its largest empire was 670,548 mi² (135 counties) in 1960. It has held land in 108 seasons since 1890 and fought 299 battles for land.
Right now · 2026
Landless
nothing seeded this season
Home soil
3,625 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
108
never finished #1
Battles for land
299
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 3,625 mi² · peak 46,119 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 3,625 mi² · peak 54,381 mi² (Week 5) · finished 44,901 mi² · #8 · 3–2 in land battles
- 2024seeded 3,625 mi² · peak 12,823 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end · 1–1 in land battles
- 2023seeded 3,625 mi² · peak 51,480 mi² (Bowls 1) · finished 51,480 mi² · #10 · 3–2 in land battles
- 2022seeded 3,625 mi² · peak 96,782 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
- 2021seeded 3,625 mi² · peak 3,625 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2020seeded 3,625 mi² · peak 3,625 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2019seeded 3,625 mi² · peak 9,672 mi² (Week 5) · landless at the end · 1–2 in land battles
108 seasons on the map since 1890
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- Georgia Tech24 battles · took 784,585 mi² · lost 807,314 mi²
- North Carolina16 battles · took 432,641 mi² · lost 928,420 mi²
- Navy9 battles · took 923,727 mi² · lost 161,921 mi²
- Clemson13 battles · took 233,116 mi² · lost 577,074 mi²
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…