Ohio State holds 369 counties (261,643 mi²) on the 2026 college football imperialism map after Week 8, the No. 4 empire. Its largest empire was 1,985,865 mi² (1,703 counties) in 2014. It has held land in 119 seasons since 1897 and fought 443 battles for land, and finished 4 seasons as the largest empire.
Right now · 2026
261,643 mi²
369 counties · empire #4
Home soil
7,327 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
119
finished #1 4 times
Battles for land
443
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 7,327 mi² · peak 261,643 mi² (Week 7) · holds 261,643 mi² · #4 · 3–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 7,327 mi² · peak 803,112 mi² (Week 14) · landless at the end · 5–1 in land battles
- 2024seeded 7,327 mi² · peak 1,841,743 mi² (Bowls 1) · finished 1,841,743 mi² · #1 · 6–2 in land battles
- 2023seeded 7,327 mi² · peak 270,416 mi² (Week 8) · landless at the end · 5–1 in land battles
- 2022seeded 7,327 mi² · peak 47,469 mi² (Week 3) · landless at the end · 3–1 in land battles
- 2021seeded 7,327 mi² · peak 287,030 mi² (Bowls 1) · finished 287,030 mi² · #5 · 3–2 in land battles
- 2020seeded 7,327 mi² · peak 323,421 mi² (Bowls 1) · landless at the end · 4–1 in land battles
- 2019seeded 7,327 mi² · peak 91,801 mi² (Week 14) · landless at the end · 4–1 in land battles
119 seasons on the map since 1897
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- Michigan45 battles · took 3,570,997 mi² · lost 4,557,559 mi²
- Wisconsin29 battles · took 2,767,654 mi² · lost 2,134,193 mi²
- Washington9 battles · took 4,481,353 mi² · lost 44,985 mi²
- Illinois25 battles · took 1,139,403 mi² · lost 1,876,163 mi²
The almanac
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…