Penn State holds no land on the 2026 college football imperialism map after Week 8. Its largest empire was 2,428,980 mi² (2,145 counties) in 1888. It has held land in 139 seasons since 1888 and fought 461 battles for land, and finished 1 season as the largest empire.
Right now · 2026
Landless
nothing seeded this season
Home soil
18,457 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
139
finished #1 once
Battles for land
461
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 18,457 mi² · peak 34,312 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 18,457 mi² · peak 98,473 mi² (Week 2) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
- 2024seeded 18,457 mi² · peak 960,340 mi² (Bowls 1) · landless at the end · 4–2 in land battles
- 2023seeded 18,457 mi² · peak 181,108 mi² (Week 4) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
- 2022seeded 18,457 mi² · peak 289,804 mi² (Bowls 1) · finished 289,804 mi² · #4 · 4–1 in land battles
- 2021seeded 18,457 mi² · peak 81,470 mi² (Week 3) · landless at the end · 3–1 in land battles
- 2020seeded 18,457 mi² · peak 18,457 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2019seeded 18,457 mi² · peak 316,996 mi² (Bowls 1) · finished 316,996 mi² · #6 · 4–1 in land battles
139 seasons on the map since 1888
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- Lehigh4 battles · took 10,091 mi² · lost 2,483,327 mi²
- Ohio State18 battles · took 1,124,212 mi² · lost 1,275,499 mi²
- Pittsburgh35 battles · took 815,873 mi² · lost 1,294,084 mi²
- USC7 battles · took 1,348,068 mi² · lost 727,077 mi²
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Opening the ledgers…