Illinois State holds no land on the 2026 FCS imperialism map after Week 8. Its largest empire was 2,390,358 mi² (1,934 counties) in 2014. It has held land in 24 seasons since 1976 and fought 102 battles for land.
Right now · 2026 · FCS
Landless
nothing seeded this season
Home soil
14,239 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
24
never finished #1
Battles for land
102
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 14,239 mi² · peak 35,700 mi² (Week 1) · landless at the end · 1–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 14,239 mi² · peak 1,040,214 mi² (Bowls 1) · landless at the end · 4–2 in land battles
- 2024seeded 14,239 mi² · peak 55,046 mi² (Week 4) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
- 2023seeded 14,239 mi² · peak 61,846 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
- 2022seeded 14,239 mi² · peak 78,438 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end · 1–1 in land battles
- 2021seeded 14,239 mi² · peak 258,567 mi² (Week 10) · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
- 2020seeded 14,239 mi² · peak 14,239 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2019seeded 14,239 mi² · peak 299,757 mi² (Week 4) · landless at the end · 3–2 in land battles
24 seasons on the map since 1976
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- North Dakota State9 battles · took 754,356 mi² · lost 3,719,855 mi²
- Northern Iowa8 battles · took 2,440,133 mi² · lost 1,315,045 mi²
- Western Illinois13 battles · took 1,133,595 mi² · lost 1,121,422 mi²
- South Dakota4 battles · took 1,454,741 mi² · lost 14,239 mi²
The almanac
Also on the FBS map
12 seasons with land since 1976 · a raider from below
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…