1949 College Football Imperialism Map

Ohio State Buckeyes17–14California Golden Bears+13 territories
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Oklahoma Sooners35–0LSU Tigers+7 territories

Territory Changes

Team Territory Control

This table shows all teams sorted by the number of territories they control.

Final standings: the Ohio State Buckeyes finished on top with 21 of 107 territories (19.6%).

Team Territories Controlled
Ohio State Buckeyes 21 (19.6%)
Oklahoma Sooners 19 (17.8%)
Rice Owls 18 (16.8%)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish 13 (12.1%)
Army Black Knights 8 (7.5%)
Michigan Wolverines 7 (6.5%)
Minnesota Golden Gophers 6 (5.6%)
Princeton Tigers 5 (4.7%)
Texas Tech Red Raiders 3 (2.8%)
Kentucky Wildcats 2 (1.9%)
Maryland Terrapins 2 (1.9%)
Arizona State Sun Devils 1 (0.9%)
Pacific Tigers 1 (0.9%)
Tennessee Volunteers 1 (0.9%)

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  • Every team starts with the land closest to its stadium.
  • Win a game and you take all of the loser's territory.
  • Territory carries over all season, with no resets until next year.
  • Bowl games and playoffs follow the same winner-takes-all rules
  • Neutral site games follow standard territory rules
  • Click any territory to trace every team that held it.

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Shared Venues Note

Some teams in this season share a venue location. For visualization purposes, each team's territory boundary is calculated from a slightly offset position (~300 feet apart) to create distinct territories.

  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum:
    • USC Trojans (nudged NE)
    • UCLA Bruins (nudged SW)

Data sources: Game data from Sports Reference; venue data from VenueStats .

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Season Records

The standout territory feats of the season.

Biggest Land Grab
+13
Ohio State Buckeyes
in a single week (3-2)
Longest Reign
5
Rice Owls
straight weeks as leader
Most Conquered
22
Ohio State Buckeyes
territories taken all season
Biggest Collapse
−13
California Golden Bears
lost in one week (3-2)

Team Directory

Each team's season at a glance — weeks spent leading the map, largest empire, territory conquered, and the rise-and-fall sparkline. Sorted by who dominated.

California Golden Bears

California Memorial Stadium

3 weeks led peak 13 +12 taken

Ohio State Buckeyes

Ohio Stadium

1 week led peak 21 +22 taken

Oklahoma Sooners

Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

0 weeks led peak 19 +18 taken

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Notre Dame Stadium

0 weeks led peak 13 +12 taken

Army Black Knights

Blaik Field at Michie Stadium

0 weeks led peak 8 +7 taken

Baylor Bears

Municipal Stadium

0 weeks led peak 8 +12 taken

Michigan Wolverines

Michigan Stadium

0 weeks led peak 7 +10 taken

LSU Tigers

Tiger Stadium

0 weeks led peak 7 +9 taken

Michigan State Spartans

Spartan Stadium

0 weeks led peak 7 +7 taken

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Memorial Stadium

0 weeks led peak 6 +11 taken

Indiana Hoosiers

Memorial Stadium

0 weeks led peak 6 +6 taken

Pittsburgh Panthers

Forbes Field

0 weeks led peak 6 +7 taken

Wisconsin Badgers

Camp Randall Stadium

0 weeks led peak 6 +13 taken

Princeton Tigers

Palmer Stadium

0 weeks led peak 5 +7 taken

Cornell Big Red

Schoellkopf Field

0 weeks led peak 5 +4 taken

Dartmouth Indians

Memorial Field

0 weeks led peak 5 +5 taken

Oklahoma State Cowboys

Boone Pickens Stadium

0 weeks led peak 5 +5 taken

USC Trojans

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

0 weeks led peak 5 +4 taken

Texas Longhorns

Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

0 weeks led peak 5 +6 taken

TCU Horned Frogs

Amon G. Carter Stadium

0 weeks led peak 5 +6 taken

Tulsa Golden Hurricane

Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium

0 weeks led peak 5 +5 taken

UCLA Bruins

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

0 weeks led peak 5 +4 taken

Villanova Wildcats

Villanova Stadium

0 weeks led peak 5 +4 taken

Wichita State

Veterans Field

0 weeks led peak 5 +5 taken

Kentucky Wildcats

Stoll Field/McLean Stadium

0 weeks led peak 4 +6 taken

Duke Blue Devils

Wallace Wade Stadium

0 weeks led peak 4 +3 taken

North Carolina Tar Heels

Kenan Memorial Stadium

0 weeks led peak 4 +3 taken

SMU Mustangs

Cotton Bowl

0 weeks led peak 4 +6 taken

Tulane Green Wave

Tulane Stadium

0 weeks led peak 4 +6 taken

Texas Tech Red Raiders

Jones AT&T Stadium

0 weeks led peak 3 +3 taken

Arkansas Razorbacks

Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium

0 weeks led peak 3 +4 taken

Missouri Tigers

Faurot Field

0 weeks led peak 3 +3 taken

Virginia Cavaliers

Scott Stadium

0 weeks led peak 3 +2 taken

Tennessee Volunteers

Neyland Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +2 taken

Boston University

Nickerson Field

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Colorado State Rams

Colorado Field

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Detroit Mercy

University of Detroit Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Florida Gators

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Fordham Rams

Coffey Field

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Georgetown Hoyas

National Park IV

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Georgia Bulldogs

Sanford Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +3 taken

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Bobby Dodd Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Kansas State Wildcats

Memorial Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Miami Hurricanes

Orange Bowl

0 weeks led peak 2 +2 taken

Miami RedHawks

Miami Field

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Ole Miss Rebels

Hemingway Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Memorial Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +2 taken

Northwestern Wildcats

Dyche Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Oregon Ducks

Hayward Field

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Penn State Nittany Lions

New Beaver Field

0 weeks led peak 2 +2 taken

Pennsylvania Quakers

Franklin Field

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Stanford Cardinal

Stanford Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Vanderbilt Commodores

FirstBank Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +2 taken

Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Groves Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Washington Huskies

Husky Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

William & Mary Tribe

Zable Stadium

0 weeks led peak 2 +2 taken

Yale Bulldogs

Yale Bowl

0 weeks led peak 2 +1 taken

Alabama Crimson Tide

Denny Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Arizona Wildcats

Arizona Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Auburn Tigers

Cliff Hare Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Boston College Eagles

The Bee Hive

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Brown Bears

Brown Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Cincinnati Bearcats

Nippert Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

The Citadel Bulldogs

College Park

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Clemson Tigers

Memorial Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Colgate Raiders

Colgate Athletic Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Colorado Buffaloes

Folsom Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Columbia Lions

Baker Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Davidson Wildcats

Richardson Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Denver Pioneers

DU Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Harvard Crimson

Harvard Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Holy Cross Crusaders

Fitton Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Houston Cougars

Public School Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Idaho Vandals

Neale Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Illinois Fighting Illini

Memorial Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +1 taken

Iowa Hawkeyes

Kinnick Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Iowa State Cyclones

Clyde Williams Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Kansas Jayhawks

David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Lafayette Leopards

Fisher Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Marquette Hilltoppers

Marquette Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Mississippi State Bulldogs

Davis Wade Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

New Mexico Lobos

Zimmerman Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

NC State Wolfpack

Riddick Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Oregon State Beavers

Bell Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Purdue Boilermakers

Ross-Ade Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +1 taken

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Rutgers Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

South Carolina Gamecocks

Williams–Brice Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Syracuse Orange

Archbold Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +1 taken

Texas A&M Aggies

Kyle Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Utah Utes

Ute Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

Virginia Tech Hokies

Miles Stadium

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

West Virginia Mountaineers

Mountaineer Field

0 weeks led peak 1 +0 taken

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