espn_cfb_groups: *ESPN College Football Groups & Conferences*

In cfbfastR: Access College Football Play by Play Data

ESPN College Football Groups & Conferences

Description

Get the full ESPN group hierarchy for a college football season – the division roll-ups (Division I, FBS, FCS) and every conference nested beneath them, flattened into one catalog table.

Usage

espn_cfb_groups(year = NULL, season_type = 2)

Arguments

year	(Integer required): Season, 4 digit format (YYYY). Minimum value accepted: 2001
season_type	(Integer default 2): ESPN season type id. 2 = regular season is the sensible default.

Details

Wraps the ESPN core-v2 endpoint sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/football/leagues/college-football/seasons/{year}/types/{season_type}/groups. ESPN's group index only exposes two top-level groups; the conferences sit several levels deep under children. This wrapper walks the tree recursively, dereferencing every node, and returns one row per group. Filter is_conference == TRUE for the actual conferences (ACC, SEC, Big Ten, ...); the group_id of a conference is what espn_cfb_standings() accepts as group_id. The parent_group_id column lets you reconstruct the division -> conference nesting.

Value

A data frame with one row per group:

col_name	types	description
season	integer	Season (4-digit year).
season_type	integer	ESPN season type id queried.
group_id	character	ESPN group id.
name	character	Group / conference name.
abbreviation	character	Group abbreviation.
short_name	character	Group short name.
is_conference	logical	TRUE for an actual conference, FALSE for a division roll-up.
parent_group_id	character	group_id of the parent node (NA at the root).
slug	character	Group slug.
group_ref	character	⁠$ref⁠ URL to the group resource.
standings_ref	character	⁠$ref⁠ URL to the group standings resource.
teams_ref	character	⁠$ref⁠ URL to the group teams index.

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_odds(), 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_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_groups(year = 2024))

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