Western Carolina holds no land on the 2026 FCS imperialism map after Week 8. Its largest empire was 173,647 mi² (77 counties) in 2004. It has held land in 24 seasons since 1972 and fought 48 battles for land.
Right now · 2026 · FCS
Landless
nothing seeded this season
Home soil
10,599 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
24
never finished #1
Battles for land
48
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 10,599 mi² · peak 31,966 mi² (Week 5) · landless at the end · 2–2 in land battles
- 2025seeded 10,599 mi² · peak 10,599 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 1–2 in land battles
- 2024seeded 10,599 mi² · peak 45,221 mi² (Week 13) · finished 45,221 mi² · #6 · 2–2 in land battles
- 2023seeded 9,314 mi² · peak 50,514 mi² (Week 6) · landless at the end · 3–1 in land battles
- 2022seeded 9,314 mi² · peak 15,647 mi² (Week 1) · landless at the end · 1–1 in land battles
- 2021seeded 9,314 mi² · peak 9,314 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2020seeded 9,314 mi² · peak 9,314 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2019seeded 9,314 mi² · peak 9,314 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
24 seasons on the map since 1972
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- Gardner-Webb5 battles · took 7,037 mi² · lost 197,219 mi²
- Nicholls1 battles · took 160,674 mi² · lost 0 mi²
- Furman5 battles · took 27,884 mi² · lost 108,030 mi²
- Samford4 battles · took 83,757 mi² · lost 15,647 mi²
Also on the FBS map
7 seasons with land since 1972 · a raider from below
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…