CFB dataset loaders — Team: group

load_cfb_team_group_seasons

Release: cfb_groups · asset https://github.com/sportsdataverse/sportsdataverse-data/releases/download/cfb_groups/cfb_team_group_seasons_{season}.parquet

Coverage

One row per team per season: the SDV subdivision, conference and division group ids the team belonged to that season (null where a level does not apply), the team name as of that season, where the membership came from, and whether a second source agreed (null when only one source covers the season). team_id is a string: the ESPN team id where ESPN covers the team, otherwise the CFBD id; team_id_source names the id space. season is the STARTING year (2025 = the fall 2025 season); seasons 1869-2026. No 1871 asset.

Returns

col_name	type	description
league	String	League code of the table ("cfb"); the prefix of every group_id in it.
season	Int32	Season of the membership (STARTING year: 2025 = the fall 2025 season).
team_id	String	Team id as a string: the ESPN team id where ESPN covers the team, otherwise the league's own id; team_id_source says which.
team_id_source	String	Id space of team_id (in this table: cfbd, espn).
team_name	String	Team name as of that season, not today's.
subdivision_id	String	SDV group_id of the team's subdivision that season (e.g. FBS / FCS, Division I); null where the league has no subdivision level.
conference_id	String	SDV group_id of the team's conference that season; null where the team had no conference (an independent, or a season played without conferences).
division_id	String	SDV group_id of the team's division that season; null where the level does not apply.
source	String	Source the membership was taken from -- the most reliable per-season source for that era.
sources_agree	Boolean	Whether a second source agreed on the membership; null when only one source covers the season.
notes	String	Builder notes on the team-season, such as a source disagreement or which of several listed memberships was kept.

load_cfb_team_group_seasons(seasons=2024)