Syracuse holds 143 counties (55,569 mi²) on the 2026 college football imperialism map after Week 8, the No. 17 empire. Its largest empire was 1,325,217 mi² (510 counties) in 1959. It has held land in 135 seasons since 1891 and fought 344 battles for land, and finished 1 season as the largest empire.
Right now · 2026
55,569 mi²
143 counties · empire #17
Home soil
27,655 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
135
finished #1 once
Battles for land
344
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 27,655 mi² · peak 55,569 mi² (Week 8) · holds 55,569 mi² · #17 · 1–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 27,655 mi² · peak 27,655 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 1–2 in land battles
- 2024seeded 27,655 mi² · peak 96,808 mi² (Week 6) · finished 53,918 mi² · #8 · 4–2 in land battles
- 2023seeded 27,655 mi² · peak 73,393 mi² (Week 4) · landless at the end · 3–1 in land battles
- 2022seeded 27,655 mi² · peak 36,183 mi² (Week 1) · landless at the end · 1–1 in land battles
- 2021seeded 27,655 mi² · peak 35,807 mi² (Week 1) · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
- 2020seeded 27,655 mi² · peak 27,655 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2019seeded 27,655 mi² · peak 34,879 mi² (Week 1) · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
135 seasons on the map since 1891
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- UCLA4 battles · took 1,433,652 mi² · lost 8,655 mi²
- Nebraska7 battles · took 1,207,050 mi² · lost 29,112 mi²
- Penn State17 battles · took 483,453 mi² · lost 516,585 mi²
- Virginia Tech7 battles · took 405,972 mi² · lost 382,511 mi²
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…