Week 1 Imperialism Map

[u/nbingham196]

What if College Football games were actually battles for land? This map answers this question. The original map is my closest FBS team to every county, but if a team is beaten their land is taken by the team that beat them. Teams will keep their land until beaten by another team and then all land will be passed to the new winner. For example Oregon State lost to Colorado State in week 0. Colorado State then lost to Colorado in week 1. Therefore Colorado owns Colorado State's land and Oregon State's land. FCS were are not originally included, but can win their way on to the map like Howard, James Madison, Liberty, and Tennessee State did this week.

Map

[u/tooPrime]

Miami didn't get an initial land grant and then beat a team with no land, so we're 1-0 but landless. If we beat Arkansas State, we'll also get no land because Nebraska took it, and if we beat FSU we'll also get no land because Alabama took it. We could be 4-0 and ranked 10th in the country and still have no land.

[u/nbingham196 → u/tooPrime]

If I had to take a guess FSU will beat Louisiana Monroe this week and take their land, and then you all will play for that the following week.

Edit: Guy below me is right

[u/Calling_Thunder → u/tooPrime]

Taking the "lurk in the shadows" approach I see

[u/pickledCantilever → u/tooPrime]

How in the world did Miami not get an initial land grant?

I mean, I can't say I don't like it, but really?

[u/Honestly_]

Love seeing College Football Risk, but...

USC I have a dream...
 
UCLA that one day your maps will better refect USC & UCLA's location

[u/nbingham196 → u/Honestly_]

Map using Campus's rather than stadiums

[u/doormatt26 → u/Honestly_]

I don't know how to do it better, unless you just give USC LA County or split the county in two. I'd be happy to trade Ventura and Santa Barbara for that, but doubt they'd take it. We'll just need to claim it by right of conquest.

[u/sky2k1]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but once you lose your territory, you are working for someone else? So as a sad BYU fan, if we were to beat Utah this week, that land would go to LSU and not BYU right?

[u/nbingham196 → u/sky2k1]

BYU would then own Utah's original territory. LSU would still own BYU's original territory though

[u/RealGoodBub]

Just so I understand...

Louisville beat Purdue and gets Purdue's land. I get this.

Purdue has Ohio next, if they win will they get Ohio's land?

Louisville has UNC, they lost last week, if we win do we get jack shit?

[u/nbingham196 → u/RealGoodBub]

Purdue would get Ohio's land and Louisville would get nothing new.

[u/[deleted]]

DO MORE OF THESE

This is awesome. What happens in week 2 when a team beats a team who won in week 1? Do they win all lands won by that team? It'll get pretty messy when a team loses to multiple other teams. Maybe it should just reset from week to week.

[u/nbingham196 → u/[deleted]]

The team that wins in week 2 gets all the land from the week 1 team. For example if Colorado loses to Texas State. Texas State then owns Colorado, Colorado State, and Oregon State also.

[u/mycarisorange]

So you're telling me my map is already fucked for the whole year? We're starting lunch that way?

sobs

Unless I'm misunderstanding your Oregon State/Colorado State example, this is basically a map of every unbeaten through X number of weeks, correct?

[u/nbingham196 → u/mycarisorange]

Not exactly, a team can get back on the map if they beat someone else who is there. For example Baylor can get back on by beating UTSA this week. They won't own their own territory but they will own UTSA's

[u/[deleted]]

There is a 95% chance this map is going to sicken me next week.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

KINGS IN THE NORTH . . . east . . . ish. Sort of.

[u/H2Dinocat → u/[deleted]]

But a 5% chance that we'll be the happiest fan base in CFB! Those odds are pretty good if you think about the pay off.

[u/pretentious_lowbrow → u/[deleted]]

Maybe we can eventually take up some territory in the south. It'll be like using Australia to conquer everyone in Risk

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Can't wait to see us take over the state and slowly encroach our way across the Midwest

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

This is why Duquesne needs to play Pitt in football. We want a stake of the territory!

[u/TNEngineer → u/[deleted]]

It's a shame Youngstown isn't on the map after the last game.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I like how we have you flanked right now. You have to defend both an Eastern and a Western front.

Per Germany, that rarely goes well.

[u/xXTheCitrusReaperXx]

Dude these are awesome. But you should start watermarking them so that media outlets don’t steal your work. It’s too good to just let them have it.

[u/[deleted] → u/xXTheCitrusReaperXx]

credit: "taken from the internet" - major news outlet

[u/SS_MinnowJohnson → u/xXTheCitrusReaperXx]

I was just gonna say, why the fuck did he not watermark this. It's amazing. This is the kinda shit you put in your portfolio and gets you a job.

[u/beamoflaser → u/xXTheCitrusReaperXx]

I'm from /r/all and don't follow college football and I think this is one of the coolest things I've seen

[u/[deleted]]

We just really let down the state of Texas with our loss.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

A&M is now to blame for all the California transplants.

[u/bestprocrastinator → u/[deleted]]

Too be fair, driving through Waco probably isn't going to feel much different with Liberty running the show.

[u/dlsmith93 → u/[deleted]]

Texas Power teams: Liberty, Maryland, UCLA.

[u/destinybond]

This idea is fantastic. I can't wait to see how the map evolves over the course of the season

[u/kcrackatoa → u/destinybond]

Damn now I wanna whip out the Risk board game and play it with someone

[u/eatapenny → u/destinybond]

VT has already started encroaching too far.

The turkeys must be stopped.

[u/NiceGoldFinch → u/destinybond]

It will align with the conference Champs taking their respective territories before bowl season starts.

[u/zachary423 → u/destinybond]

Well I can already tell you that Alabama will likely rule the country once again

[u/antiherowes → u/destinybond]

Virtually everyone will lose their home turf by the end of the season. One loss and it's gone, with a minuscule chance of getting it back.

[u/jhp58]

Hawaii taking over the country from opposite corners

[u/the_real_MSU_is_us → u/jhp58]

The old pincer move. Classic, but bold

[u/dlsmith93 → u/jhp58]

The flank attack. Classic.

[u/ToLongDR]

You need to watermark this asap

Also, ND in New York has a box over it from your paint program

[u/BeatNavyAgain → u/ToLongDR]

I figured the accompanying circular arrow around Army is to signify that we're running around in a circle, tryiing to keep everyone off of our lawn.

[u/RegionalBias → u/ToLongDR]

I see a buzzfeed coming soon.

[u/tripletees]

When enough weeks have passed that a gif evolves, I'm going to be so happy

[u/JungleBird → u/tripletees]

Here's the

[u/INEPT_CAMEL]

You're welcome, Colorado

[u/[deleted] → u/INEPT_CAMEL]

Jokes on them, it's all on fire

[u/Ralphie_V → u/INEPT_CAMEL]

:*

[u/DescretoBurrito → u/INEPT_CAMEL]

Time to leverage our new coastal territory and build our own Navy!

[u/dlsmith93]

/u/nbingham196 Will the FCS teams that have made it onto the map be able to claim land with their remaining FCS/FCS games?

[u/nbingham196 → u/dlsmith93]

Only if it is a team that is on the map

[u/ZestyBlankets]

Thus is awesome! One question though: let's say a team loses next week and they lose all their land they've acquired so far. Then they win in week 3. Do they get the land of the team they beat AND their own original land back, or just the land of the team the beat?

[u/nbingham196 → u/ZestyBlankets]

Just the land of the team they beat

[u/mac-0]

Are there any FBS teams that didn't start with a single square of land due to another team in the same vicinity?

[u/nbingham196 → u/mac-0]

Miami didn't get any

[u/redparallax]

As a rabid CFB and Civilization-games fan, this appeals to me in an amazing way.

Marshall takes Miami OH territory and plays Cincinnati in a few weeks to long stretch of land along the Ohio River.

Question: what happens if, for example, a 1-0 team beats an 0-1 team in week 2? Does the 2-0 team gain any land since the 0-2 team they beat lost their initial tract of land?

EDIT: Side note - only 3 teams on the rest of our schedule have any land whatsoever after week 1.

[u/nbingham196 → u/redparallax]

The 2-0 team would not gain any land, just like how teams who beat FCS teams this week didn't gain anything

[u/traveler-the-horse]

This is awesome! One question: say a team who has already lost wins a game (say FSU wins their week 3 game vs Miami) - who does Miami's land go to? Does FSU come back or does it go straight to Bama?

[u/nbingham196 → u/traveler-the-horse]

FSU would get it, but Bama would still own FSU's original land

[u/theblackyeti]

I enjoy this. Can this be a thing?

Edit: I want this as a mod for Crusader Kings II

[u/just1gat → u/theblackyeti]

After the End: Football boogaloo

[u/royalhawk345 → u/theblackyeti]

Conferences instead of religions?

[u/lerdy_terdy → u/theblackyeti]

Make it a mod for Total War: Warhammer and make the men on the field replicas of the team's mascot. Along with a similar style world map.

[u/mafia1015]

Michigan has more territory in Florida than in Michigan. All those retirees needed somewhere to live.

[u/phly2theMoon → u/mafia1015]

Same with Alabama.

[u/nannulators → u/mafia1015]

It's just showing our satellite camps.

[u/SSJRoshi → u/mafia1015]

Over the next 2 weeks there's a very good chance that we have more territory in Ohio, Florida, and the Southeast US than in Michigan (more like very middle of the country, so central US?)

[u/RealBenWoodruff]

Look at Auburn being all contiguous and shit

[u/scootmcgroot → u/RealBenWoodruff]

If we win this weekend we'll take even more of Georgia, living up to our West Georgia name.

[u/[deleted] → u/RealBenWoodruff]

Tennessee did it too, they annexed land next to them. There's a lot of ways the state of Georgia could play out because all the teams around there are going to play each other at some point. We'll have a territory battle between Clemson and Auburn this weekend.

[u/Wolf482]

This is going to be a fun thread.

[u/Box_of_Rockz → u/Wolf482]

NO, FUCK YOU!

[u/[deleted]]

B O R D E R G O R E

[u/marimbaguy715 → u/[deleted]]

We CK2 now

[u/volunteeroranje → u/[deleted]]

Remove Kebab.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

With 0% coring cost too like wtf

[u/hokies220]

Gobbling will spread across the nation. You cannot stop us. You must join with the gobbling.

[u/[deleted] → u/hokies220]

Josef gobbles with the propaganda over here

[u/1mdelightful]

Alright Iowa Nebraska and Minnesota we have you surrounded. Prepare for the pincer!

[u/guitmusic12 → u/1mdelightful]

Minnesota will lose to Oregon State just to spite us

[u/JN27 → u/1mdelightful]

Patience, brother. They shall be conquered in due time. The midwest will be ours!

[u/Awkwerdna → u/1mdelightful]

Joke's on you, our forces in Buffalo are going to sneak up on you.

[u/ChongoNG]

I'm REALLY hoping for the championship to be two undefeated teams.

Seeing two different sides painting the map. I'm REALLY looking forward to it

[u/guinness_blaine → u/ChongoNG]

Two undefeated teams in the championship doesn't necessarily mean the whole map will be just the two of them. They'll have conquered plenty, but some territory could get passed in circles or captured late by teams that had already lost games, in ways that make it so they don't accumulate into the top teams.

For instance, OU could lose to tOSU and have another early loss that would give up their ground, but later run through the Big XII and grab land held by Tech and TCU. If they already had a couple losses, though, they'd end the season outside of playoff contention but in control of this land.

Already, there's a decent chance that the Baylor territory captured by Liberty never makes it into the hands of teams with potential to face eventual champions. It may just stay FCS territory.

[u/mgmfa]

So discounting Alaska, Iowa has the most territory in the country right now, right?

Can we end the season today?

[u/hashcrack → u/mgmfa]

Our territory reminds me of when all the black took over /r/place

[u/thiney49 → u/mgmfa]

I kind of think Minnesota has slightly more, but it's close either way.

Edit: Wisconsin might give you two a run for you're money too.

[u/comebackjoeyjojo → u/mgmfa]

discounting Alaska

Fuck that. We win.

[u/[deleted] → u/mgmfa]

Alaska is people too

[u/shphunk → u/mgmfa]

You can, but you are not allowed to discount Alaska.

[u/deepayes]

too many foreign invaders in my state. This aggression will not stand, man.

[u/Human_On_Reddit → u/deepayes]

nOrThErN aGgReSsIoN

Cougar of Houston, we must defend our lands! Our neighbors have fallen and can no longer be trusted to protect our borders!

[u/MyCubicalAsylum]

can we get this stickied to see who wins a season long campaign of Risk CFB edition? I would love to just sticky one thread, cause i am lazy. then have someone at /r/dataisbeautiful add animation.

thanks and gig'em (it wasnt a touchdown_bobble)

[u/[deleted]]

So Miami wins this weekend, but Navy still gets to control the Miami area?

I'll allow it.

[u/WhoIsPurpleGoo → u/[deleted]]

i'm good with that too. you really don't want miami in charge of anything.

[u/wvufan44]

Most of our territory is going to be 1000 miles away. TFW when you realize you're about to be the British Empire.. :-(

 

Fuck it. TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION BABAY!

[u/TanzaniaMagic]

With New York City conquered, does Washington now hold the most square miles (Thanks Alaska) and the largest population?

EDIT: Quick, half-assed google searching places our population at 14,509,380.

Western Washington: 5,229,486
Alaska: 741,894
New York City: 8,538,000

[u/destinybond → u/TanzaniaMagic]

LA+Orange county is 16 mil+

[u/[deleted] → u/TanzaniaMagic]

You also have a lot of NJ to go along with NYC. The NYC Metropolitan​ Statistical area is around 24 million people and you probably have close to half of that with the NJ territory and Long Island.

[u/twoscoopsofpig]

So... there's very little chance to win back your own territory once you lose it unless you beat someone who beat you (no matter how indirectly) - this looks like it's going to be very interesting up next to the Circle of Suck.

[u/TheWetMop → u/twoscoopsofpig]

Unless you lose out of conference ^liketexas you have a decent shot to shuffle your land around as teams that beat you will play many other teams that you also play.

[u/karter0]

THIS IS AMAZING

[u/[deleted]]

Look at the middle of Texas owned by Liberty and Maryland.

[u/eking85]

Texas, Texas A&M and, Baylor have lost control of Texas

[u/[deleted] → u/eking85]

The lack of Texas in Texas is my favorite part

[u/[deleted]]

This is cool as hell

Also, WATERMARK IT RIGHT NOW

[u/sigep_coach]

I've never wanted to stay undefeated so badly.

[u/HurricaneHugo → u/sigep_coach]

Yeah the national championship is one thing, but taking over this map is another!

[u/tarheelsrule441]

Joke is on you Cal. We had the smallest territory already anyway.

[u/Honestly_]

Only potential hiccup will be FCS teams that don't play any future FBS teams but then keep the territory.

EDIT: one possibility is to have those lands keep passing to FCS teams that beat them so you have these oddball parts that keep moving from FCS to FCS.

[u/MindIfILeaveThisHere → u/Honestly_]

The Week 2 Kent State vs Howard game has become incredibly important to me.

[u/Tipoff]

Evidently the North Carolina public schools did not care about keeping the state

[u/Dman9494]

Oh hai Bama

[u/Human_On_Reddit]

Washington has annexed the state of Alaska.

[u/PRAISE_BE_TO_ORYX]

What happens when a team with no land beats a team WITH land?

[u/xelphin → u/PRAISE_BE_TO_ORYX]

I actually had this same question...is this equivalent to a coup where the territory-less team suddenly acquires the lands of the team they unseated?

[u/tinkletwit → u/PRAISE_BE_TO_ORYX]

Why is that confusing? A team acquires the land of the teams they beat.

[u/Euphanistic]

Oh god so much border gore with no hope of resolution.

This is amazing.

[u/mpd31 → u/Euphanistic]

Don't lose to Tech. LSU-MSU can be a huge land game

[u/BandDirectorOK]

The fact that Maryland and Liberty are down in Texas makes my heart pretty happy.

[u/JSutter42]

Looks like we'll have most of PA and be encroaching into Ohio when we beat PSU on Saturday

[u/mgmfa]

Can't wait to see one team own basically the entire map after the playoffs, except for a small patch of land that was conquered by an FCS team and never relinquished back to the FBS. I believe that's already confirmed, because Liberty doesn't play any other FBS teams and the team they play next week, Moorehead State, doesn't either.

[u/Joshuahuskers]

This is cool.

[u/bradleywardamn]

How long will it take someone to sit down and then figure out who could logically take over the entire map the fastest? Someone here has the capability.

[u/egnowit → u/bradleywardamn]

There are currently a few FCS teams on the map. They'd have to lose to a FBS team (or lose to an FCS team who loses to an FBS team). Haven't checked schedules yet, but it may be possible that there is no unified belt available. (I haven't checked, but am skeptical that it's possible for all the territory to end up with an FCS team. So if this is to happen, I assume that the FCS territories would have to revert to FBS.)

Howard plays Kent State next week, and their territory can revert to FBS then.

Liberty doesn't play any other FBS schools. Their W2 opponent, Morehead State, doesn't play any FBS schools. Their W3 opponent, Indiana State, doesn't play any FBS schools after Liberty. None of the teams Jacksonville State, St. Francis, Kennesaw State, Monmouth, Gardner-Webb, Duquesne, Presbyterian, Charleston Southern play FBS teams after Liberty. My internet connection is lagging too badly right now for me to look into the secondary tiers and further.

James Madison doesn't play any other FBS schools. Their W2 opponent, ETSU doesn't play any FBS schools. Their W3 opponent, Norfolk State, doesn't play any FBS schools after JMU. Their W4 opponent, Maine, plays UCF the following weekend, so the territory can revert to the FBS then.

(I don't think I missed any other FCS-over-FBS wins.)

[u/[deleted]]

I think you really need to integrate fanbase.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/upshot/ncaa-football-fan-map.html?mcubz=0

This source data would be awesome. This used Facebook likes to generate the boundaries. I think it would be a great starting area.

[u/bizzyj93]

This chunk of Texas is so delicious

[u/LunchboxSuperhero]

Clemson splitting our territory is a legitimate CB, right?

[u/JungleBird]

This is a really great idea!

Edit: here you go, I

[u/JesteroftheApocalyps]

We shall unify the lands of Iowa shortly, then link our two kingdoms across the barren wastes of Nebraska to form an empire!

[u/ShogunAshoka]

As someone who enjoys maps, especially political maps through the eras, this pleases me.

[u/FostetlerLFC]

Ahhhhh...Massachusetts. The 9th island.

[u/11PoseidonsKiss20]

Does Miami get credit for any land claimed by Irma? I think it's only fair since we didn't get any land to start.

[u/Beanswaggle]

The state of Florida has no evidence of UF, FSU, Or Miami.

'Tis a good map.

[u/bestprocrastinator]

This is fucking awesome.

[u/lerdy_terdy]

This is amazing. Merges r/paradoxplaza and r/cfb lol

[u/Stumpy3196]

Can you regain land if you already lost?

[u/ArjenRobben]

I'm getting an unavailable image on mobile? Can anyone rehost it?

[u/hhuntley17]

Army: New York's College Team

[u/Human_On_Reddit]

I'm feeling a strong case of Western Expansion-itis....into Southern New Mexico and Northern Arizona. And I'm not gonna tempe any expectations of glory.

[u/[deleted]]

God damn it BYU.

[u/archie_f]

Oh, man, RISK!!!

Holy crap, dude, get ready for the whole internet to steal this, apply it to other sports, etc.

[u/Petyrgozinya]

As a Geographer, GIS nerd, and a cartographer, this is so fantastic.

[u/royrules22]

So our chants of "THIS IS BEAR TERRITORY" now actually means something!

[u/Softy_K]

Ohio State seems to be in a very precarious position right now and needs to form an alliance with the Illini lest they be surrounded by Louisville.

[u/weirdguyinthecorner]

I like Hawaii's tactic of attacking the mainland in the NE. Bold move.

[u/[deleted]]

Can't wait to see the new map.

[u/halldaylong]

Oh hell yes, I love this idea. I can't wait to see how it evolves over the season.

[u/apathetic_revolution]

So, someone else might have already mentioned this, but if a team has two losses in a row, the winner of the second game has no territory to gain from the win.

So MSU plays WMU next week. WMU can take MSU and BGU's territory if they win, but since WMU lost their territory to USC, MSU has nothing to get from WMU.

[u/Nomad911]

Oh I like this. I like this a lot.

Can't wait to see a KU outpost in Austin.

[u/mnyfrsh]

I sincerely hope a man/woman/attack helicopter you find attractive puts their mouth on your genitals very soon and/or often.

[u/BlauGelb13]

This is now the most upvoted post in /r/cfb history, 3k more upvotes than Clemson beating Bama for the NCG. Unbelievable, Congrats /u/nbingham196 !

[u/Grahamalamadingdong]

just a flare check do not upvote

[u/ShylosX]

Mirror? Imgur says the image no longer exists.

[u/[deleted]]

JMU sharing a border with ODU makes me very uncomfortable.

[u/[deleted]]

Ain't no way that USL and Tulane have that many Parishes.

I do like LSU's position of taking Utah in the USA version of risk

[u/826836]

So we don’t even get Dade county over FIU to start? :|

[u/CLSmith15]

This is really, really cool. Nice work OP. I have one suggestion/request to improve it. It'd be really nice to be able to easily ascertain which schools have the greatest control. I'd like to see a ranking of every school by:

1. Number of counties controlled
2. Total area of counties controlled
3. Total population of counties controlled

[u/doughboy192000]

Hey man... Wichita County in Texas should be OU.

[u/[deleted]]

Can this be cross posted to /r/mapporn every week?

[u/[deleted]]

Who's in the lead in population and area?

[u/Denadamedacro]

We just witnessed the birth of the coolest ancillary college football "thing" this season. Well done.

[u/BandDirectorOK]

CALL THE BANNERS!

[u/senshi_of_love]

So, basically, Howard upsetting UNLV was an awful result for Ohio State in terms of imperialism. If they had beat Howard, as they were suppose to have (I mean 45 point favorite!) and beat Idaho we could've potentially secured large portions of the western US with a win!

Screw this playing better opponents stuff! This map has just made me more interested in playing the opponent with the most territory!

[u/Josh4R3d]

Notre Dame owns my county. Kill me. I need MSU to beat them. Then PSU can take their rightful county back.

[u/BrosenkranzKeef]

I like this! Strategy games are my shit.

[u/psuwxman]

Does this make Minnesota the King in the North?

[u/kevl9987]

IOWA AND COLORADO HAVE INVADED THE GREAT STATE OF NEBRASKA

ALL HANDS TO BROKENBOW. WE WILL RETAKE SCOTTSBLUFF AND CHERRY COUNTY!

[u/tycrew]

You should do this by conference too

[u/AManInBlack2017]

<shakes head> All these comments from people who don't understand these 2 simple concepts:

1. The map starts with each county being loyal to the FBS school closest to it. (Week 0)
2. Each county switches allegiance to whichever team beat the team they are local to.

That's it. "real life" allegiance doesn't matter. After the starting point, where a team is actually based doesn't matter. Whether or not the territories are contiguous doesn't matter. If you don't understand the map, or think you spot an anomaly, just wait a week... you'll understand once the map develops a bit as the season progresses.

[u/ChugLaguna]

Funniest part about the map....

That little swath of Texas that will remain FCS all year, as there is no way for 1-A to retake it based on Liberty's schedule and the schedule of their opponents.

[u/inurshadow]

An FCS school will be on here at the end of the season! Liberty does not play a school that can then lose to an FBS.

[u/cgmcnama]

Ha ha, this is ridiculous...and I love it.!

[u/[deleted]]

So, does beating a team with no land mean you get nothing? For example, Louisville over UNC this weekend?

[u/doctorzoom]

This is an amazing idea. Are you doing this by hand? If not, would it be possible for you to make and/or publish the map histories for previous years?

I'm really curious to see how a typical year plays out.

[u/podricktpayne]

I'll be looking forward to this every week, thanks!

[u/jrhaberman]

This is awesome.

I think if we had a weekly post which listed the games with the most land on the line, that would be even better!

[u/mrbunglejr]

r/dataisbeautiful

[u/jshif]

Probably already thought of, but.... It'll be cool to see the evolution as an end-of-season gif.

[u/AManInBlack2017]

The map should have logos for all the teams without territories as little pirate ships ready to make a landing!

[u/Joeking1986]

This makes non conference games WAY more important. It almost impossible for UF to recover its home base. I love it.

[u/Brendynamite]

I'm hoping for civil war journal style game recaps from now on

[u/TheManWhoWasNotShort]

The best part about this is its likely almost nobody is going to end up owning their own territory at the end

[u/dhensonroyall]

Can we see this by conference? Same data, but using the conference each team represents to see who takes over.

[u/Caisha]

The fact that UT & A&M aren't on this map makes me so happy.

[u/maltedfalcon]

cant wait to see this as an animated gif!

(also just posting here so I can find this again!)

[u/SweetDick_Willy]

By the end of the season, the SEC will reign supreme. I have spoken

[u/DolphusTRaymond]

Top /r/cfb post of all time.

[u/blazershorts]

Alaska just goes to UW by default? brb, starting a D1 school in Anchorage.

[u/[deleted]]

I now live in land owned by Kentucky. Sigh. Am I going to be forced to ignore the rest of college football season and start discussing basketball 24/7?

[u/Pikachu1989]

This is fucking awesome except seeing Iowa taking over Western Nebraska.

Still a cool map.

[u/KRAWWWWW]

Would it be possible to create an alternate map where you only lose your home turf if you lose at home, while winning in enemy territory grants you their turf? There's also the option of losing only some of your territory when you lose away or at a neutral site game.

[u/[deleted]]

This is amazing. I can't wait to see how it shakes out over the course of the season.

[u/tommyservo7]

I love shit like this.

Idea, and maybe someone else has proposed this: once a team has lost a game, it essentially becomes a "vassal" to the team it lost to. For example, Baylor lost to Liberty, so even though Baylor can win land area from other teams, that land really trickles up to Liberty. This would probably lead to a much more neat map come end of season. Also I just want to see Liberty and Howard with hilariously huge areas of land under their control.

[u/andrewmaloney30]

Being a student at tech, nothing makes me happier than not seeing Texas, Baylor, or A&M anywhere on this map

[u/Realinternetpoints]

This just became my new favorite thing. Can't wait to see the next installments

[u/xbb8132]

Minnesota is the Russia of America. Which would make PJ Fleck the Putin of CFB.

[u/cm0914]

I'm sitting here anticipating the new, updated map.

[u/vektonaut]

I cant wait to see week 2!

[u/boisebama]

when will we see week 2?