espn_cfb_team: *ESPN College Football Team Endpoint Overview*

In cfbfastR: Access College Football Play by Play Data

ESPN College Football Team Endpoint Overview

Description

• espn_cfb_team(): Get ESPN's detailed record for a single college football team in a given season – identifiers, branding, conference grouping, and home venue.

• espn_cfb_teams(): Get the full ESPN directory of college football teams – one row per team with identifiers, branding, conference grouping, and logo URLs.

• espn_cfb_team_ats(): Get a college football team's against-the-spread (ATS) records for a season – the 6-7 betting split rows ESPN tracks (overall, as favorite, as underdog, home, away, ...).

• espn_cfb_team_awards(): Get the awards won by a college football team's players in a season – one row per (award x winning athlete).

• espn_cfb_team_coaches(): Get the coaches associated with a college football team for a season – one row per coach, with name, birth detail, and experience.

• espn_cfb_team_events(): Get a college football team's full season event log – every game (regular season and postseason) ESPN lists for the team-season.

• espn_cfb_team_leaders(): Get a college football team's season statistical leaders – the top athletes in each ESPN leader category (passing, rushing, receiving, tackles, ...).

• espn_cfb_team_powerindex(): Get ESPN's College Football Power Index (FPI) detail for a single team-season – the full set of predictive metrics and efficiency components ESPN attaches to one team.

• espn_cfb_team_ranks(): Get a college football team's poll-rank history for a season – one row per poll (AP, Coaches, CFP Committee, ...) the team appeared in.

• espn_cfb_team_record(): Get a college football team's season records – overall, home, away, and conference splits – with the full set of summary stats ESPN attaches to each.

• espn_cfb_team_roster(): Get the season roster for a single college football team – one row per athlete with biographical detail, position, jersey number, and class/experience.

• espn_cfb_team_schedule(): Get a single college football team's full-season schedule – one row per game with opponent, venue, broadcast, score, and result.

• espn_cfb_team_stats(): Get ESPN college football team season statistics – a wide tibble of team identifiers and per-category statistical totals.

Get ESPN's detailed record for a single college football team in a given season – identifiers, branding, conference grouping, and home venue.

Usage

espn_cfb_team(team_id = NULL, year = NULL, team_detail = TRUE)

Arguments

team_id	(Integer required): ESPN team id.
year	(Integer required): Season, 4 digit format (YYYY). Minimum value accepted: 1869
team_detail	(Logical): when TRUE (default), fetch the ESPN team catalog once and join friendly team fields next to the team_id column (see Details). Set FALSE to skip the catalog fetch and the join.

Details

ESPN College Football Team Detail (Season-Scoped)

espn_cfb_team(team_id = 61, year = 2024)

ESPN College Football Teams Index

espn_cfb_teams()

ESPN College Football Team Against-the-Spread Records

espn_cfb_team_ats(team_id = 61, year = 2024)

ESPN College Football Team Awards

espn_cfb_team_awards(team_id = 61, year = 2023)

ESPN College Football Team Coaches

espn_cfb_team_coaches(team_id = 61, year = 2024)

ESPN College Football Team Season Event Log

espn_cfb_team_events(team_id = 61, year = 2024)

ESPN College Football Team Statistical Leaders

espn_cfb_team_leaders(team_id = 61, year = 2024)

ESPN College Football Single-Team Power Index (Long Format)

espn_cfb_team_powerindex(team_id = 61, year = 2024)

ESPN College Football Team Poll Rank History

espn_cfb_team_ranks(team_id = 61, year = 2024)

ESPN College Football Team Record (Long Format)

espn_cfb_team_record(team_id = 61, year = 2024)

ESPN College Football Team Roster (Season-Scoped)

espn_cfb_team_roster(team_id = 61, year = 2024)

ESPN College Football Team Schedule

espn_cfb_team_schedule(team_id = 61, year = 2024)

Get ESPN college football team stats data

espn_cfb_team_stats(team_id = 52, year = 2020)

Wraps the ESPN core-v2 team-in-season endpoint sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/football/leagues/college-football/seasons/{year}/teams/{team_id}. Unlike the site-v2 team payload, the core-v2 resource is season-scoped, so a team's conference grouping is resolved for the requested year. The result is a single-row data frame. Team ids are ESPN team identifiers – enumerate them with espn_cfb_teams().

When team_detail = TRUE (the default) the ESPN team catalog (espn_cfb_teams()) is fetched once and friendly team fields are joined in next to the team_id column – team_name, team_abbreviation, team_location, team_display_name, team_short_display_name, team_nickname, team_color, team_alternate_color, team_logo_href, and team_logo_dark_href, inserted immediately after team_id. A catalog failure degrades to NA rather than erroring the wrapper. Set team_detail = FALSE to skip the catalog fetch and the join.

Value

A one-row data frame:

col_name	types	description
season	integer	Season (4-digit year).
team_id	character	ESPN team id.
team_name	character	Team nickname; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_abbreviation	character	Team abbreviation; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_location	character	Team location / school name; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_display_name	character	Full team display name; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_short_display_name	character	Short team display name; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_nickname	character	Team nickname label; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_color	character	Primary team color; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_alternate_color	character	Alternate team color; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_logo_href	character	Default team logo URL; team_detail = TRUE only.
team_logo_dark_href	character	Dark-variant team logo URL; team_detail = TRUE only.
guid	character	ESPN team GUID.
uid	character	ESPN global unique identifier.
slug	character	URL slug for the team.
abbreviation	character	Team abbreviation.
display_name	character	Full team display name.
short_display_name	character	Short team display name.
name	character	Team nickname (e.g. Bulldogs).
nickname	character	Team nickname / location label.
location	character	Team location / school name.
color	character	Primary team color (hex, no ⁠#⁠).
alternate_color	character	Alternate team color (hex, no ⁠#⁠).
is_active	logical	Whether the team is currently active.
is_all_star	logical	Whether the team is an all-star team.
group_id	character	ESPN group (conference) id for the season.
venue_id	character	ESPN id of the team's home venue.
venue_name	character	Name of the team's home venue.
venue_city	character	Home venue city.
venue_state	character	Home venue state.
venue_indoor	logical	Whether the home venue is indoors.
venue_grass	logical	Whether the home venue has a grass surface.

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_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_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_team(team_id = 61, year = 2024))
  try(espn_cfb_team(team_id = 61, year = 2024, team_detail = FALSE))

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