Mercer holds 81 counties (31,966 mi²) on the 2026 FCS imperialism map after Week 8, the No. 16 empire. Its largest empire was 211,028 mi² (359 counties) in 2023. It has held land in 14 seasons since 1906 and fought 48 battles for land.
Right now · 2026 · FCS
31,966 mi²
81 counties · empire #16
Home soil
23,727 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
14
never finished #1
Battles for land
48
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 23,727 mi² · peak 98,638 mi² (Week 1) · holds 31,966 mi² · #16 · 3–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 23,727 mi² · peak 23,727 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 3–2 in land battles
- 2024seeded 23,727 mi² · peak 45,221 mi² (Week 3) · landless at the end · 4–2 in land battles
- 2023seeded 23,442 mi² · peak 211,028 mi² (Bowls 13) · landless at the end · 3–2 in land battles
- 2022seeded 23,442 mi² · peak 54,961 mi² (Week 3) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
- 2021seeded 23,442 mi² · peak 52,107 mi² (Week 11) · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
- 2020seeded 33,503 mi² · peak 52,317 mi² (Week 10) · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
- 2019seeded 23,442 mi² · peak 39,568 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
14 seasons on the map since 1906
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- Chattanooga6 battles · took 187,758 mi² · lost 75,435 mi²
- Gardner-Webb1 battles · took 211,028 mi² · lost 0 mi²
- South Dakota State1 battles · took 0 mi² · lost 211,028 mi²
- Samford4 battles · took 11,831 mi² · lost 192,214 mi²
Also on the FBS map
25 seasons with land since 1906 · a raider from below
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…