Get the full ESPN directory of college football teams – one row per team with identifiers, branding, conference grouping, and logo URLs.
Value
A data frame with one row per team:
| col_name | types | description |
| team_id | character | ESPN team id. |
| 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. |
| logo_href | character | URL of the default team logo. |
| logo_dark_href | character | URL of the dark-variant team logo. |
Details
Wraps the ESPN site-v2 expanded teams endpoint
site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/college-football/teams.
The expanded endpoint returns every team fully inlined in a single call
(no $ref dereferencing), so one request produces the whole directory.
The team_id column is the ESPN team identifier used as the team_id
argument to the other espn_cfb_team_*() wrappers.
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(),
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_unnest_plays(),
espn_cfb_venue(),
espn_cfb_venues(),
espn_cfb_week_rankings()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(espn_cfb_teams())
#> ── Teams index from ESPN ───────────────────────────────────── cfbfastR 2.3.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-09 07:58:16 UTC
#> # A tibble: 755 × 15
#> team_id uid slug abbreviation display_name short_display_name name
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2000 s:20~l:23~t… abil… ACU Abilene Chr… Abilene Chrstn Wild…
#> 2 2001 s:20~l:23~t… adam… ADSU Adams State… Adams St Griz…
#> 3 2003 s:20~l:23~t… adri… ADR Adrian Bull… Adrian Bull…
#> 4 2005 s:20~l:23~t… air-… AF Air Force F… Air Force Falc…
#> 5 2006 s:20~l:23~t… akro… AKR Akron Zips Akron Zips
#> 6 2010 s:20~l:23~t… alab… AAMU Alabama A&M… Alabama A&M Bull…
#> 7 333 s:20~l:23~t… alab… ALA Alabama Cri… Alabama Crim…
#> 8 2011 s:20~l:23~t… alab… ALST Alabama Sta… Alabama St Horn…
#> 9 2013 s:20~l:23~t… alba… ABSU Albany Stat… Albany St Gold…
#> 10 2790 s:20~l:23~t… albi… ALBI Albion Brit… Albion Brit…
#> # ℹ 745 more rows
#> # ℹ 8 more variables: nickname <chr>, location <chr>, color <chr>,
#> # alternate_color <chr>, is_active <lgl>, is_all_star <lgl>, logo_href <chr>,
#> # logo_dark_href <chr>
# }