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College Football Data API
College Football Data API

Conferences

Download schema

Conference names, classifications, and historical team affiliations.


GET
https://api.collegefootballdata.com
/conferences
Bearer

Returns conferences and member counts.

query Parameters

year
​integer · int32

Season year used to calculate membership.

classification
​ConferenceClassification · enum

Conference classification.

Enum values:
fbs
fcs
ii
ii/iii
iii

Responses

200

Ok

​Conference[]
Conference
id
​integer · int32 · required
name
​string · required
shortName
​string | null · required
abbreviation
​string | null · required
classification
​string · enum · required
Enum values:
fbs
fcs
ii
ii/iii
iii
memberCount
​integer · int32 · required
GET/conferences
curl https://api.collegefootballdata.com/conferences \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
Example Responses
[ { "id": 0, "name": "name", "shortName": "shortName", "abbreviation": "abbreviation", "classification": "fbs", "memberCount": 0 } ]
json
application/json

GET
https://api.collegefootballdata.com
/conferences/changes
Bearer

Returns team conference changes by season.

query Parameters

year
​integer · int32 · required

Season year.

Responses

200

Ok

​TeamConferenceChange[]
TeamConferenceChange
teamId
​integer · int32 · required
team
​string · required
fromConferenceId
​integer · int32 · required
fromConference
​string · required
fromConferenceAbbreviation
​string | null · required
fromClassification
​string · enum · required
Enum values:
fbs
fcs
ii
ii/iii
iii
toConferenceId
​integer · int32 · required
toConference
​string · required
toConferenceAbbreviation
​string | null · required
toClassification
​string · enum · required
Enum values:
fbs
fcs
ii
ii/iii
iii
effectiveYear
​integer · int32 · required
GET/conferences/changes
curl 'https://api.collegefootballdata.com/conferences/changes?year=<number>' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
Example Responses
[ { "teamId": 0, "team": "team", "fromConferenceId": 0, "fromConference": "fromConference", "fromConferenceAbbreviation": "fromConferenceAbbreviation", "fromClassification": "fbs", "toConferenceId": 0, "toConference": "toConference", "toConferenceAbbreviation": "toConferenceAbbreviation", "toClassification": "fbs", "effectiveYear": 0 } ]
json
application/json

GET
https://api.collegefootballdata.com
/conferences/affiliations
Bearer

Returns historical team conference affiliations.

query Parameters

team
​string

Team school name or abbreviation.

conference
​string

Conference name or abbreviation.

year
​integer · int32

Season year. Cannot be combined with minYear or maxYear.

minYear
​integer · int32

Earliest season year to include.

maxYear
​integer · int32

Latest season year to include.

classification
​ConferenceClassification · enum

Conference classification.

Enum values:
fbs
fcs
ii
ii/iii
iii

Responses

200

Ok

​TeamConferenceAffiliation[]
TeamConferenceAffiliation
teamId
​integer · int32 · required
team
​string · required
conferenceId
​integer · int32 · required
conference
​string · required
conferenceAbbreviation
​string | null · required
classification
​string · enum · required
Enum values:
fbs
fcs
ii
ii/iii
iii
conferenceDivision
​string | null · required
startYear
​integer · int32 · required
endYear
​integer | null · int32 · required
GET/conferences/affiliations
curl https://api.collegefootballdata.com/conferences/affiliations \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
Example Responses
[ { "teamId": 0, "team": "team", "conferenceId": 0, "conference": "conference", "conferenceAbbreviation": "conferenceAbbreviation", "classification": "fbs", "conferenceDivision": "conferenceDivision", "startYear": 0, "endYear": 0 } ]
json
application/json

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