Harding holds 231 counties (183,605 mi²) on the 2026 D-II imperialism map after Week 8, the No. 6 empire. Its largest empire was 2,700,094 mi² (1,960 counties) in 2023. It has held land in 6 seasons since 2021 and fought 35 battles for land, and finished 1 season as the largest empire.
Right now · 2026 · D-II
183,605 mi²
231 counties · empire #6
Home soil
14,492 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
6
finished #1 once
Battles for land
35
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 14,492 mi² · peak 183,605 mi² (Week 7) · holds 183,605 mi² · #6 · 4–0 in land battles
- 2025seeded 14,492 mi² · peak 2,349,337 mi² (Week 1) · landless at the end · 5–1 in land battles
- 2024seeded 14,492 mi² · peak 74,773 mi² (Week 5) · landless at the end · 4–2 in land battles
- 2023seeded 14,492 mi² · peak 2,700,094 mi² (Bowls 1) · finished 2,700,094 mi² · #1 · 8–0 in land battles
- 2022seeded 14,492 mi² · peak 61,484 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
- 2021seeded 14,492 mi² · peak 253,469 mi² (Week 12) · landless at the end · 6–2 in land battles
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- Ferris State2 battles · took 0 mi² · lost 2,387,520 mi²
- Colorado School of Mines1 battles · took 2,150,353 mi² · lost 0 mi²
- UT Permian Basin1 battles · took 1,738,280 mi² · lost 0 mi²
- Pittsburg State1 battles · took 329,441 mi² · lost 0 mi²
The almanac
- №3 biggest single conquest · 2023
- №3 most conquests in a season · 2023
- №4 largest at season's end · 2023
- №4 largest empire ever · 2023
- №6 largest empire ever · 2025
- №7 biggest single conquest · 2025
Also on the FCS map
1 season with land since 2023
- 2023peak 5,702 mi² (Bowls 14) · finished 5,702 mi² · #11
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…