Illinois holds no land on the 2026 college football imperialism map after Week 8. Its largest empire was 1,459,607 mi² (709 counties) in 1950. It has held land in 135 seasons since 1892 and fought 347 battles for land, and finished 1 season as the largest empire.
Right now · 2026
Landless
nothing seeded this season
Home soil
25,620 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
135
finished #1 once
Battles for land
347
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 25,620 mi² · peak 34,436 mi² (Week 1) · landless at the end · 1–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 25,620 mi² · peak 93,252 mi² (Week 5) · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
- 2024seeded 25,620 mi² · peak 212,692 mi² (Bowls 1) · finished 212,692 mi² · #5 · 3–1 in land battles
- 2023seeded 25,620 mi² · peak 29,081 mi² (Week 10) · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
- 2022seeded 25,620 mi² · peak 200,443 mi² (Week 1) · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
- 2021seeded 25,620 mi² · peak 104,638 mi² (Week 1) · landless at the end · 1–1 in land battles
- 2020seeded 25,620 mi² · peak 25,620 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2019seeded 25,620 mi² · peak 117,502 mi² (Week 8) · landless at the end · 3–2 in land battles
135 seasons on the map since 1892
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- Minnesota17 battles · took 3,011,155 mi² · lost 518,302 mi²
- Ohio State25 battles · took 1,876,163 mi² · lost 1,139,403 mi²
- Wisconsin21 battles · took 1,493,807 mi² · lost 873,373 mi²
- Northwestern14 battles · took 572,610 mi² · lost 1,641,522 mi²
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Opening the ledgers…