Kentucky holds 184 counties (198,898 mi²) on the 2026 college football imperialism map after Week 8, the No. 7 empire. Its largest empire was 918,887 mi² (345 counties) in 1977. It has held land in 123 seasons since 1895 and fought 321 battles for land.
Right now · 2026
198,898 mi²
184 counties · empire #7
Home soil
10,233 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
123
never finished #1
Battles for land
321
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 10,233 mi² · peak 198,898 mi² (Week 7) · holds 198,898 mi² · #7 · 2–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 10,233 mi² · peak 13,034 mi² (Week 1) · landless at the end · 1–1 in land battles
- 2024seeded 10,233 mi² · peak 39,911 mi² (Week 5) · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
- 2023seeded 10,233 mi² · peak 41,489 mi² (Week 5) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
- 2022seeded 10,233 mi² · peak 70,320 mi² (Week 7) · landless at the end · 3–2 in land battles
- 2021seeded 10,233 mi² · peak 100,060 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
- 2020seeded 10,233 mi² · peak 103,812 mi² (Bowls 1) · finished 103,812 mi² · #10 · 1–1 in land battles
- 2019seeded 10,233 mi² · peak 29,062 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
123 seasons on the map since 1895
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- LSU10 battles · took 1,037,564 mi² · lost 1,579,434 mi²
- Tennessee17 battles · took 282,023 mi² · lost 1,477,493 mi²
- Florida26 battles · took 410,605 mi² · lost 876,469 mi²
- Florida State2 battles · took 782,303 mi² · lost 123,609 mi²
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…