Western Illinois holds 63 counties (23,033 mi²) on the 2026 FCS imperialism map after Week 10, the No. 17 empire. Its largest empire was 749,593 mi² (727 counties) in 2017. It has held land in 24 seasons since 1999 and fought 77 battles for land.
Right now · 2026 · FCS
23,033 mi²
63 counties · empire #17
Home soil
21,461 mi²
the counties nearest the stadium
Seasons with land
24
never finished #1
Battles for land
77
Recent campaigns
Season by season
- 2026seeded 21,461 mi² · peak 23,033 mi² (Week 9) · holds 23,033 mi² · #17 · 1–1 in land battles
- 2025seeded 21,461 mi² · peak 21,461 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2024seeded 21,461 mi² · peak 21,461 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2023seeded 21,461 mi² · peak 21,461 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2022seeded 21,461 mi² · peak 21,461 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2021seeded 29,700 mi² · peak 83,220 mi² (Week 4) · landless at the end · 1–2 in land battles
- 2020seeded 29,700 mi² · peak 29,700 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
- 2019seeded 29,700 mi² · peak 29,700 mi² (Preseason) · landless at the end · 0–1 in land battles
24 seasons on the map since 1999
Rivalries
Land exchanged
- Illinois State13 battles · took 1,121,422 mi² · lost 1,133,595 mi²
- Northern Iowa6 battles · took 984,425 mi² · lost 717,101 mi²
- South Dakota State5 battles · took 686,601 mi² · lost 453,038 mi²
- Weber State1 battles · took 0 mi² · lost 749,593 mi²
Campaigns
Season by season
Opening the ledgers…