espn_cfb_game_odds: *ESPN College Football Game Odds*

In cfbfastR: Access College Football Play by Play Data

ESPN College Football Game Odds

Description

Get the sportsbook betting lines (spread, over/under, moneyline) for a single college football game – one row per provider.

Usage

espn_cfb_game_odds(game_id = NULL, line_history = FALSE)

Arguments

game_id	(Integer required): ESPN game identifier.
line_history	(Logical): controls the output shape. One of: FALSE (default) – the summary output, one row per odds provider, with the columns shown in the Value table below. TRUE – a long frame capturing the open / close / current line snapshots, one row per (provider x snapshot x market) (see Details).

Details

Wraps the ESPN core-v2 endpoint events/{game_id}/competitions/{game_id}/odds. Returns one row per odds provider (sportsbook). details is ESPN's headline line string (e.g. "UGA -54.5"); spread and over_under are the numeric spread and total. Home/away spread odds and moneylines are pulled from the nested homeTeamOdds / awayTeamOdds blocks. The over_odds and under_odds are the American-odds prices on the game total. With line_history = TRUE the per-provider open / close / current line snapshots are expanded instead (see Details).

When line_history = TRUE the returned frame is in long format, one row per (provider x snapshot x market), with columns: game_id, provider_id, provider_name, snapshot (one of open, close, current), market (e.g. over, under, total, pointSpread, spread, moneyLine), side (game, home, or away), american (the American-odds string), value (the numeric/decimal value), and display_value.

Value

A data frame with one row per odds provider (when line_history = FALSE):

col_name	types	description
game_id	character	ESPN game identifier.
provider_id	character	ESPN odds-provider (sportsbook) id.
provider_name	character	Odds-provider name (e.g. ⁠ESPN BET⁠).
provider_priority	integer	ESPN display priority of the odds provider.
details	character	ESPN's headline line string (e.g. UGA -54.5).
over_under	numeric	Game total (over/under) points line.
spread	numeric	Point spread (negative favors the home team).
over_odds	numeric	American odds price on the over.
under_odds	numeric	American odds price on the under.
home_favorite	logical	TRUE if the home team is the favorite.
home_underdog	logical	TRUE if the home team is the underdog.
away_favorite	logical	TRUE if the away team is the favorite.
away_underdog	logical	TRUE if the away team is the underdog.
home_spread_odds	numeric	American odds price on the home-team spread.
away_spread_odds	numeric	American odds price on the away-team spread.
home_money_line	character	Home-team moneyline (American odds).
away_money_line	character	Away-team moneyline (American odds).
moneyline_winner	logical	TRUE if the moneyline favorite won.
spread_winner	logical	TRUE if the spread favorite covered.

See Also

Other ESPN CFB Functions: espn_cfb_award(), espn_cfb_awards(), espn_cfb_clear_cache(), espn_cfb_coach(), espn_cfb_coach_record(), espn_cfb_coaches(), espn_cfb_franchise(), espn_cfb_franchises(), espn_cfb_futures(), espn_cfb_game_broadcasts(), espn_cfb_game_drive_plays(), espn_cfb_game_drives(), espn_cfb_game_leaders(), espn_cfb_game_pbp(), espn_cfb_game_play(), espn_cfb_game_player_box(), espn_cfb_game_player_statistics(), espn_cfb_game_powerindex(), espn_cfb_game_predictor(), espn_cfb_game_probabilities(), espn_cfb_game_situation(), espn_cfb_game_status(), espn_cfb_game_team_leaders(), espn_cfb_game_team_linescores(), espn_cfb_game_team_records(), espn_cfb_game_team_roster(), espn_cfb_game_team_statistics(), espn_cfb_game_teams(), espn_cfb_groups(), espn_cfb_pbp_v2(), espn_cfb_player(), espn_cfb_player_career_stats(), espn_cfb_player_eventlog(), espn_cfb_player_gamelog(), espn_cfb_player_overview(), espn_cfb_player_seasons(), espn_cfb_player_splits(), espn_cfb_player_stats_v3(), espn_cfb_players(), espn_cfb_position(), espn_cfb_positions(), espn_cfb_powerindex(), espn_cfb_qbr(), espn_cfb_rankings(), espn_cfb_recruits(), espn_cfb_season_info(), espn_cfb_season_types(), espn_cfb_season_weeks(), espn_cfb_seasons(), espn_cfb_standings(), espn_cfb_team(), espn_cfb_team_ats(), espn_cfb_team_awards(), espn_cfb_team_coaches(), espn_cfb_team_events(), espn_cfb_team_leaders(), espn_cfb_team_powerindex(), espn_cfb_team_ranks(), espn_cfb_team_record(), espn_cfb_team_roster(), espn_cfb_team_schedule(), espn_cfb_teams(), espn_cfb_unnest_plays(), espn_cfb_venue(), espn_cfb_venues(), espn_cfb_week_rankings()

Examples

  try(espn_cfb_game_odds(game_id = 401628339))
  try(espn_cfb_game_odds(game_id = 401628339, line_history = TRUE))

cfbfastR documentation built on Aug. 24, 2026, 5:13 p.m.