South Dakota State holds no land on the 2026 FCS imperialism map after Week 8. Its largest empire was 2,302,277 mi² (2,060 counties) in 2023. It has held land in 23 seasons since 1935 and fought 112 battles for land, and finished 2 seasons as the largest empire.
Right now · 2026 · FCS
Landless
nothing seeded this season
Home soil
64,108 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
23
finished #1 2 times
Battles for land
112
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 64,108 mi² · peak 145,516 mi² (Week 3) · landless at the end · 2–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 50,241 mi² · peak 364,288 mi² (Week 6) · landless at the end · 5–2 in land battles
- 2024seeded 50,241 mi² · peak 612,116 mi² (Week 16) · landless at the end · 5–2 in land battles
- 2023seeded 50,241 mi² · peak 2,302,277 mi² (Bowls 1) · finished 2,302,277 mi² · #1 · 8–0 in land battles
- 2022seeded 50,241 mi² · peak 2,243,236 mi² (Bowls 1) · finished 2,243,236 mi² · #1 · 8–0 in land battles
- 2021seeded 50,241 mi² · peak 812,856 mi² (Week 10) · landless at the end · 5–3 in land battles
- 2020seeded 72,018 mi² · peak 1,387,938 mi² (Week 12) · landless at the end · 6–2 in land battles
- 2019seeded 60,938 mi² · peak 87,469 mi² (Week 12) · landless at the end · 3–2 in land battles
23 seasons on the map since 1935
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- North Dakota State15 battles · took 3,710,835 mi² · lost 2,417,357 mi²
- Montana State6 battles · took 1,073,960 mi² · lost 675,250 mi²
- South Dakota5 battles · took 828,488 mi² · lost 900,325 mi²
- Sam Houston1 battles · took 0 mi² · lost 1,387,938 mi²
The almanac
- №6 longest reign · 2023
- №6 most conquests in a season · 2023
- №7 most conquests in a season · 2022
- №11 largest at season's end · 2023
- №12 largest at season's end · 2022
Also on the FBS map
9 seasons with land since 1935 · a raider from below
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…