Iowa holds no land on the 2026 college football imperialism map after Week 8. Its largest empire was 1,108,014 mi² (486 counties) in 1956. It has held land in 133 seasons since 1894 and fought 381 battles for land, and finished 2 seasons as the largest empire.
Right now · 2026
Landless
nothing seeded this season
Home soil
23,712 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
133
finished #1 2 times
Battles for land
381
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 23,712 mi² · peak 132,927 mi² (Week 4) · landless at the end · 3–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 23,712 mi² · peak 23,712 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 1–2 in land battles
- 2024seeded 23,712 mi² · peak 156,288 mi² (Week 7) · landless at the end · 1–2 in land battles
- 2023seeded 23,712 mi² · peak 152,247 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end · 4–3 in land battles
- 2022seeded 23,712 mi² · peak 180,712 mi² (Week 11) · landless at the end · 2–3 in land battles
- 2021seeded 23,712 mi² · peak 175,088 mi² (Week 6) · landless at the end · 4–1 in land battles
- 2020seeded 23,712 mi² · peak 182,624 mi² (Week 10) · finished 182,624 mi² · #8 · 1–1 in land battles
- 2019seeded 23,712 mi² · peak 426,782 mi² (Week 13) · finished 426,782 mi² · #4 · 5–1 in land battles
133 seasons on the map since 1894
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- Minnesota31 battles · took 3,959,218 mi² · lost 2,081,648 mi²
- Wisconsin27 battles · took 1,258,029 mi² · lost 2,236,298 mi²
- Ohio State22 battles · took 1,143,872 mi² · lost 1,689,370 mi²
- Michigan State15 battles · took 1,145,818 mi² · lost 1,091,343 mi²
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…