South Carolina holds 38 counties (20,012 mi²) on the 2026 college football imperialism map after Week 8, the No. 22 empire. Its largest empire was 241,889 mi² (178 counties) in 2005. It has held land in 123 seasons since 1902 and fought 347 battles for land.
Right now · 2026
20,012 mi²
38 counties · empire #22
Home soil
11,595 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
123
never finished #1
Battles for land
347
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 11,595 mi² · peak 20,012 mi² (Week 8) · holds 20,012 mi² · #22 · 2–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 11,595 mi² · peak 21,992 mi² (Week 1) · landless at the end · 1–1 in land battles
- 2024seeded 11,595 mi² · peak 212,692 mi² (Week 10) · landless at the end · 3–2 in land battles
- 2023seeded 11,595 mi² · peak 11,595 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2022seeded 11,595 mi² · peak 34,666 mi² (Week 13) · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
- 2021seeded 11,595 mi² · peak 11,595 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2020seeded 11,595 mi² · peak 20,768 mi² (Week 7) · landless at the end · 1–2 in land battles
- 2019seeded 11,595 mi² · peak 216,036 mi² (Week 7) · landless at the end · 2–3 in land battles
123 seasons on the map since 1902
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- Georgia41 battles · took 816,698 mi² · lost 877,203 mi²
- Clemson22 battles · took 732,177 mi² · lost 665,601 mi²
- Florida9 battles · took 492,001 mi² · lost 591,635 mi²
- North Carolina22 battles · took 228,231 mi² · lost 358,416 mi²
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…