Montana State holds 177 counties (528,918 mi²) on the 2026 FCS imperialism map after Week 8, the No. 2 empire. Its largest empire was 2,987,608 mi² (2,334 counties) in 2025. It has held land in 23 seasons since 1911 and fought 94 battles for land, and finished 1 season as the largest empire.
Right now · 2026 · FCS
528,918 mi²
177 counties · empire #2
Home soil
129,532 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
23
finished #1 once
Battles for land
94
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 129,532 mi² · peak 528,918 mi² (Week 4) · holds 528,918 mi² · #2 · 4–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 129,532 mi² · peak 2,987,608 mi² (Bowls 1) · finished 2,987,608 mi² · #1 · 8–1 in land battles
- 2024seeded 129,532 mi² · peak 1,912,894 mi² (Bowls 1) · landless at the end · 7–1 in land battles
- 2023seeded 129,532 mi² · peak 893,874 mi² (Week 8) · landless at the end · 5–2 in land battles
- 2022seeded 129,532 mi² · peak 473,382 mi² (Week 15) · landless at the end · 4–1 in land battles
- 2021seeded 129,532 mi² · peak 1,417,383 mi² (Bowls 1) · landless at the end · 4–2 in land battles
- 2019seeded 129,532 mi² · peak 1,754,011 mi² (Week 15) · landless at the end · 4–2 in land battles
- 2018seeded 129,532 mi² · peak 594,846 mi² (Week 4) · landless at the end · 3–2 in land battles
23 seasons on the map since 1911
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- North Dakota State5 battles · took 223,782 mi² · lost 6,501,627 mi²
- Montana10 battles · took 3,350,586 mi² · lost 3,146,886 mi²
- Portland State6 battles · took 3,309,456 mi² · lost 548,261 mi²
- Northern Arizona6 battles · took 1,254,864 mi² · lost 1,205,451 mi²
The almanac
- №4 most conquests in a season · 2025
- №6 largest at season's end · 2025
- №6 largest empire ever · 2025
- №11 biggest single conquest · 2019
- №12 most conquests in a season · 2024
Also on the FBS map
36 seasons with land since 1911 · a raider from below
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…