South Dakota holds 173 counties (145,516 mi²) on the 2026 FCS imperialism map after Week 8, the No. 8 empire. Its largest empire was 952,148 mi² (883 counties) in 2024. It has held land in 19 seasons since 1912 and fought 73 battles for land.
Right now · 2026 · FCS
145,516 mi²
173 counties · empire #8
Home soil
87,769 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
19
never finished #1
Battles for land
73
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 87,769 mi² · peak 145,516 mi² (Week 8) · holds 145,516 mi² · #8 · 3–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 87,769 mi² · peak 236,573 mi² (Week 3) · landless at the end · 2–3 in land battles
- 2024seeded 81,742 mi² · peak 952,148 mi² (Week 13) · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
- 2023seeded 81,742 mi² · peak 459,670 mi² (Week 7) · landless at the end · 4–1 in land battles
- 2022seeded 81,742 mi² · peak 346,566 mi² (Week 8) · landless at the end · 2–3 in land battles
- 2021seeded 81,742 mi² · peak 812,856 mi² (Week 11) · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
- 2020seeded 154,909 mi² · peak 169,148 mi² (Week 4) · landless at the end · 1–1 in land battles
- 2019seeded 81,742 mi² · peak 87,469 mi² (Week 6) · finished 87,469 mi² · #2 · 2–2 in land battles
19 seasons on the map since 1912
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- North Dakota State7 battles · took 1,521,265 mi² · lost 1,226,814 mi²
- South Dakota State5 battles · took 900,325 mi² · lost 828,488 mi²
- Illinois State4 battles · took 14,239 mi² · lost 1,454,741 mi²
- Montana State1 battles · took 0 mi² · lost 952,148 mi²
Also on the FBS map
7 seasons with land since 1912 · a raider from below
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…