Get the ESPN core-v2 detail record for a single college
football season – start / end dates, the active season type, and the
$ref links to that season's types, rankings, athletes, awards, and
futures sub-resources.
Value
A single-row data frame:
| col_name | types | description |
| season | integer | Season (4-digit year). |
| display_name | character | ESPN display name for the season. |
| start_date | character | Season start timestamp (ISO 8601, UTC). |
| end_date | character | Season end timestamp (ISO 8601, UTC). |
| active_type_id | integer | ESPN id of the currently active season type. |
| active_type | integer | Active season type code (1 pre, 2 reg, 3 post). |
| active_type_name | character | Active season type name (e.g. Regular Season). |
| types_ref | character | $ref URL to the season types index. |
| rankings_ref | character | $ref URL to the season rankings index. |
| athletes_ref | character | $ref URL to the season athletes index. |
| awards_ref | character | $ref URL to the season awards index. |
| futures_ref | character | $ref URL to the season betting-futures index. |
| leaders_ref | character | $ref URL to the season leaders resource. |
Details
Wraps the ESPN core-v2 endpoint
sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/football/leagues/college-football/seasons/{year}.
Returns a single-row tibble. The *_ref columns are the season-scoped
sub-resource entry points – feed types_ref to espn_cfb_season_types(),
rankings_ref to espn_cfb_rankings(), and so on. active_type_*
describes the season type ESPN currently considers "live" for the year
(preseason / regular / postseason / off-season).
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_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
# \donttest{
try(espn_cfb_season_info(year = 2024))
#> ── Season detail from ESPN ─────────────────────────────────── cfbfastR 2.3.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-09 07:57:06 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 13
#> season display_name start_date end_date active_type_id active_type
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <int>
#> 1 2024 2024 2024-07-01T07:00Z 2025-01-22T0… 3 3
#> # ℹ 7 more variables: active_type_name <chr>, types_ref <chr>,
#> # rankings_ref <chr>, athletes_ref <chr>, awards_ref <chr>,
#> # futures_ref <chr>, leaders_ref <chr>
# }