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Output Valid CFB Team Names and Abbreviations

Usage

valid_team_names(
  division = c("FBS", "P5", "G5", "FCS", "DII", "DIII", "Conference", "hoopR", "Other")
)

Arguments

division

Division to filter for. Options include:

  • FBS

  • P5

  • G5

  • FCS

  • DII

  • DIII

  • Conference

  • hoopR

  • Other

Examples

# List valid team abbreviations excluding duplicates
valid_team_names("FBS")
#>   [1] "Air Force"             "Akron"                 "Alabama"              
#>   [4] "Appalachian State"     "Arizona"               "Arizona State"        
#>   [7] "Arkansas"              "Arkansas State"        "Army"                 
#>  [10] "Auburn"                "Ball State"            "Baylor"               
#>  [13] "Boise State"           "Boston College"        "Bowling Green"        
#>  [16] "Buffalo"               "BYU"                   "California"           
#>  [19] "Central Michigan"      "Charlotte"             "Cincinnati"           
#>  [22] "Clemson"               "Coastal Carolina"      "Colorado"             
#>  [25] "Colorado State"        "Connecticut"           "Duke"                 
#>  [28] "East Carolina"         "Eastern Michigan"      "Florida"              
#>  [31] "Florida Atlantic"      "Florida International" "Florida State"        
#>  [34] "Fresno State"          "Georgia"               "Georgia Southern"     
#>  [37] "Georgia State"         "Georgia Tech"          "Hawai'i"              
#>  [40] "Houston"               "Illinois"              "Indiana"              
#>  [43] "Iowa"                  "Iowa State"            "James Madison"        
#>  [46] "Kansas"                "Kansas State"          "Kent State"           
#>  [49] "Kentucky"              "Liberty"               "Louisiana"            
#>  [52] "Louisiana Monroe"      "Louisiana Tech"        "Louisville"           
#>  [55] "LSU"                   "Marshall"              "Maryland"             
#>  [58] "Memphis"               "Miami"                 "Miami (OH)"           
#>  [61] "Michigan"              "Michigan State"        "Middle Tennessee"     
#>  [64] "Minnesota"             "Mississippi State"     "Missouri"             
#>  [67] "Navy"                  "NC State"              "Nebraska"             
#>  [70] "Nevada"                "New Mexico"            "New Mexico State"     
#>  [73] "North Carolina"        "Northern Illinois"     "North Texas"          
#>  [76] "Northwestern"          "Notre Dame"            "Ohio"                 
#>  [79] "Ohio State"            "Oklahoma"              "Oklahoma State"       
#>  [82] "Old Dominion"          "Ole Miss"              "Oregon"               
#>  [85] "Oregon State"          "Penn State"            "Pittsburgh"           
#>  [88] "Purdue"                "Rice"                  "Rutgers"              
#>  [91] "San Diego State"       "San José State"        "SMU"                  
#>  [94] "South Alabama"         "South Carolina"        "Southern Mississippi" 
#>  [97] "South Florida"         "Stanford"              "Syracuse"             
#> [100] "TCU"                   "Temple"                "Tennessee"            
#> [103] "Texas"                 "Texas A&M"             "Texas State"          
#> [106] "Texas Tech"            "Toledo"                "Troy"                 
#> [109] "Tulane"                "Tulsa"                 "UAB"                  
#> [112] "UCF"                   "UCLA"                  "UMass"                
#> [115] "UNLV"                  "USC"                   "Utah"                 
#> [118] "Utah State"            "UTEP"                  "UT San Antonio"       
#> [121] "Vanderbilt"            "Virginia"              "Virginia Tech"        
#> [124] "Wake Forest"           "Washington"            "Washington State"     
#> [127] "Western Kentucky"      "Western Michigan"      "West Virginia"        
#> [130] "Wisconsin"             "Wyoming"              
valid_team_names("FCS")
#>   [1] "Abilene Christian"        "Alabama A&M"             
#>   [3] "Alabama State"            "Albany"                  
#>   [5] "Alcorn State"             "Arkansas-Pine Bluff"     
#>   [7] "Austin Peay"              "Bethune-Cookman"         
#>   [9] "Brown"                    "Bryant"                  
#>  [11] "Bucknell"                 "Butler"                  
#>  [13] "Cal Poly"                 "Campbell"                
#>  [15] "Central Arkansas"         "Central Connecticut"     
#>  [17] "Charleston Southern"      "Chattanooga"             
#>  [19] "Colgate"                  "Columbia"                
#>  [21] "Cornell"                  "Dartmouth"               
#>  [23] "Davidson"                 "Dayton"                  
#>  [25] "Delaware"                 "Delaware State"          
#>  [27] "Drake"                    "Duquesne"                
#>  [29] "Eastern Illinois"         "Eastern Kentucky"        
#>  [31] "Eastern Washington"       "East Tennessee State"    
#>  [33] "Elon"                     "Florida A&M"             
#>  [35] "Fordham"                  "Furman"                  
#>  [37] "Gardner-Webb"             "Georgetown"              
#>  [39] "Grambling"                "Hampton"                 
#>  [41] "Harvard"                  "Holy Cross"              
#>  [43] "Houston Baptist"          "Howard"                  
#>  [45] "Idaho"                    "Idaho State"             
#>  [47] "Illinois State"           "Incarnate Word"          
#>  [49] "Indiana State"            "Jackson State"           
#>  [51] "Jacksonville State"       "Kennesaw State"          
#>  [53] "Lafayette"                "Lamar"                   
#>  [55] "Lehigh"                   "Maine"                   
#>  [57] "Marist"                   "McNeese"                 
#>  [59] "Mercer"                   "Merrimack"               
#>  [61] "Mississippi Valley State" "Missouri State"          
#>  [63] "Montana"                  "Montana State"           
#>  [65] "Morehead State"           "Morgan State"            
#>  [67] "Murray State"             "New Hampshire"           
#>  [69] "Nicholls"                 "Norfolk State"           
#>  [71] "North Alabama"            "North Carolina A&T"      
#>  [73] "North Carolina Central"   "North Dakota"            
#>  [75] "North Dakota State"       "Northern Arizona"        
#>  [77] "Northern Colorado"        "Northern Iowa"           
#>  [79] "Northwestern State"       "Pennsylvania"            
#>  [81] "Portland State"           "Prairie View"            
#>  [83] "Presbyterian College"     "Princeton"               
#>  [85] "Rhode Island"             "Richmond"                
#>  [87] "Robert Morris"            "Sacramento State"        
#>  [89] "Sacred Heart"             "Samford"                 
#>  [91] "Sam Houston State"        "San Diego"               
#>  [93] "South Carolina State"     "South Dakota"            
#>  [95] "South Dakota State"       "Southeastern Louisiana"  
#>  [97] "Southeast Missouri State" "Southern"                
#>  [99] "Southern Illinois"        "Southern Utah"           
#> [101] "Stephen F. Austin"        "Stetson"                 
#> [103] "St Francis (PA)"          "Stony Brook"             
#> [105] "St. Thomas (MN)"          "Tarleton State"          
#> [107] "Tennessee State"          "Tennessee Tech"          
#> [109] "Texas Southern"           "The Citadel"             
#> [111] "Towson"                   "UC Davis"                
#> [113] "UT Martin"                "Valparaiso"              
#> [115] "Villanova"                "VMI"                     
#> [117] "Wagner"                   "Weber State"             
#> [119] "Western Carolina"         "Western Illinois"        
#> [121] "William & Mary"           "Wofford"                 
#> [123] "Yale"                     "Youngstown State"        
#> [125] "Dixie State"             
valid_team_names("DII")
#>   [1] "Bemidji State"       "Bloomsburg"          "Henderson State"    
#>   [4] "Mercyhurst"          "Michigan Tech"       "Minnesota-Duluth"   
#>   [7] "Minnesota State"     "Morehouse"           "Northern Michigan"  
#>  [10] "Adams St."           "Alabama A&M"         "Albany St. (GA)"    
#>  [13] "Alderson Broaddus"   "Allen"               "American Int'l"     
#>  [16] "Angelo St."          "Ark.-Monticello"     "Arkansas Tech"      
#>  [19] "Ashland"             "Assumption"          "Augustana (SD)"     
#>  [22] "Barton"              "Benedict"            "Bentley"            
#>  [25] "Black Hills St."     "Bowie St."           "Cal U (PA)"         
#>  [28] "Carson-Newman"       "Catawba"             "Central Mo."        
#>  [31] "Central Okla."       "Central St. (OH)"    "Central Wash."      
#>  [34] "Chadron St."         "Charleston (WV)"     "Chowan"             
#>  [37] "Clarion"             "Clark Atlanta"       "Colo. Sch. of Mines"
#>  [40] "Colorado Mesa"       "Concord"             "Concordia-St. Paul" 
#>  [43] "CSU Pueblo"          "Davenport"           "Delta St."          
#>  [46] "East Central"        "East Stroudsburg"    "Eastern N.M."       
#>  [49] "Edinboro"            "Edward Waters"       "Elizabeth City St." 
#>  [52] "Emporia St."         "Erskine"             "Fairmont St."       
#>  [55] "Fayetteville St."    "Ferris St."          "Findlay"            
#>  [58] "Fort Hays St."       "Fort Lauderdale"     "Fort Lewis"         
#>  [61] "Fort Valley St."     "Franklin Pierce"     "Frostburg St."      
#>  [64] "Gannon"              "Glenville St."       "Grand Valley St."   
#>  [67] "Harding"             "Hillsdale"           "Indiana (PA)"       
#>  [70] "Jackson St."         "Johnson C. Smith"    "Kentucky St."       
#>  [73] "Kutztown"            "Ky. Wesleyan"        "Lake Erie"          
#>  [76] "Lane"                "Lenoir-Rhyne"        "Limestone"          
#>  [79] "Lincoln (CA)"        "Lincoln (MO)"        "Lincoln (PA)"       
#>  [82] "Lindenwood"          "Livingstone"         "Lock Haven"         
#>  [85] "Mars Hill"           "Mary"                "McKendree"          
#>  [88] "Midwestern St."      "Miles"               "Millersville"       
#>  [91] "Minot St."           "Mississippi Col."    "Missouri S&T"       
#>  [94] "Missouri Western"    "Mo. Southern St."    "MSU Moorhead"       
#>  [97] "N.M. Highlands"      "Neb.-Kearney"        "New Haven"          
#> [100] "Newberry"            "North Greenville"    "Northeastern St."   
#> [103] "Northern St."        "Northwest Mo. St."   "Northwestern Okla." 
#> [106] "Northwood"           "Notre Dame (OH)"     "Ohio Dominican"     
#> [109] "Okla. Baptist"       "Ouachita Baptist"    "Pace"               
#> [112] "Pittsburg St."       "Quincy"              "Saginaw Valley"     
#> [115] "Saint Augustine's"   "Savannah St."        "Shaw"               
#> [118] "Shepherd"            "Shippensburg"        "Shorter"            
#> [121] "Simon Fraser"        "Sioux Falls"         "Slippery Rock"      
#> [124] "South Dakota Mines"  "Southeastern Okla."  "Southern Ark."      
#> [127] "Southern Conn. St."  "Southern Nazarene"   "Southwest Baptist"  
#> [130] "Southwest Minn. St." "Southwestern Okla."  "St. Anselm"         
#> [133] "Stonehill"           "Tarleton St."        "Tex. A&M-Commerce"  
#> [136] "Tex. A&M-Kingsville" "Tex. Permian Basin"  "Texas Col."         
#> [139] "Tiffin"              "Truman"              "Tusculum"           
#> [142] "Tuskegee"            "UIndy"               "UNC Pembroke"       
#> [145] "Upper Iowa"          "UVa-Wise"            "Valdosta St."       
#> [148] "Virginia St."        "Virginia Union"      "Virginia-Lynchburg" 
#> [151] "Walsh"               "Washburn"            "Wayne St. (MI)"     
#> [154] "Wayne St. (NE)"      "West Ala."           "West Chester"       
#> [157] "West Florida"        "West Ga."            "West Liberty"       
#> [160] "West Tex. A&M"       "West Va. Wesleyan"   "West Virginia St."  
#> [163] "Western Colo."       "Western N.M."        "Western Ore."       
#> [166] "Wheeling"            "William Jewell"      "Wingate"            
#> [169] "Winona St."          "Winston-Salem"      
valid_team_names("DIII")
#>   [1] "Adrian"                    "Albion"                   
#>   [3] "Albright"                  "Alfred State"             
#>   [5] "Alfred"                    "Allegheny"                
#>   [7] "Alma"                      "Alvernia"                 
#>   [9] "Amherst"                   "Anderson"                 
#>  [11] "Anna Maria"                "Augsburg"                 
#>  [13] "Augustana"                 "Aurora"                   
#>  [15] "Austin"                    "Averett"                  
#>  [17] "Baldwin Wallace"           "Bates"                    
#>  [19] "Beloit"                    "Benedictine"              
#>  [21] "Berry"                     "Bethany"                  
#>  [23] "Bethel"                    "Birmingham-Southern"      
#>  [25] "Bluffton"                  "Bowdoin"                  
#>  [27] "Brevard"                   "Bridgewater State"        
#>  [29] "Bridgewater"               "Brockport"                
#>  [31] "Buena Vista"               "Buffalo State"            
#>  [33] "Cal Lutheran"              "Capital"                  
#>  [35] "Carleton"                  "Carnegie Mellon"          
#>  [37] "Carroll"                   "Carthage"                 
#>  [39] "Case Western Reserve"      "Castleton"                
#>  [41] "Catholic"                  "Central"                  
#>  [43] "Centre"                    "Chapman"                  
#>  [45] "Chicago"                   "Christopher Newport"      
#>  [47] "Claremont-Mudd-Scripps"    "Cortland"                 
#>  [49] "Crown"                     "Curry"                    
#>  [51] "Dean"                      "Defiance"                 
#>  [53] "Delaware Valley"           "Denison"                  
#>  [55] "DePauw"                    "Dickinson"                
#>  [57] "Dubuque"                   "East Texas Baptist"       
#>  [59] "Elmhurst"                  "Emory and Henry"          
#>  [61] "Endicott"                  "Eureka"                   
#>  [63] "FDU-Florham"               "Ferrum"                   
#>  [65] "Finlandia"                 "Fitchburg State"          
#>  [67] "Framingham State"          "Franklin and Marshall"    
#>  [69] "Franklin"                  "Gallaudet"                
#>  [71] "Geneva"                    "George Fox"               
#>  [73] "Gettysburg"                "Greensboro"               
#>  [75] "Greenville"                "Grinnell"                 
#>  [77] "Grove City"                "Guilford"                 
#>  [79] "Gustavus Adolphus"         "Hamilton"                 
#>  [81] "Hamline"                   "Hampden-Sydney"           
#>  [83] "Hanover"                   "Hardin-Simmons"           
#>  [85] "Hartwick"                  "Heidelberg"               
#>  [87] "Hendrix"                   "Hiram"                    
#>  [89] "Hobart"                    "Hope"                     
#>  [91] "Howard Payne"              "Huntingdon"               
#>  [93] "Husson"                    "Illinois College"         
#>  [95] "Illinois Wesleyan"         "Iowa Wesleyan"            
#>  [97] "Ithaca"                    "John Carroll"             
#>  [99] "Johns Hopkins"             "Juniata"                  
#> [101] "Kalamazoo"                 "Kean"                     
#> [103] "Kenyon"                    "Keystone"                 
#> [105] "King's"                    "Knox"                     
#> [107] "La Verne"                  "Manchester"               
#> [109] "Marietta"                  "Martin Luther"            
#> [111] "Mary Hardin-Baylor"        "Maryville (Tenn.)"        
#> [113] "Mass-Dartmouth"            "Massachusetts Maritime"   
#> [115] "McDaniel"                  "McMurry"                  
#> [117] "Merchant Marine"           "Methodist"                
#> [119] "Middlebury"                "Millikin"                 
#> [121] "Millsaps"                  "Minnesota-Morris"         
#> [123] "Misericordia"              "MIT"                      
#> [125] "Monmouth"                  "Montclair State"          
#> [127] "Moravian"                  "Morrisville State"        
#> [129] "Mount St. Joseph"          "Mount Union"              
#> [131] "Muhlenberg"                "Muskingum"                
#> [133] "N.C. Wesleyan"             "Nebraska Wesleyan"        
#> [135] "Nichols"                   "North Central (Ill.)"     
#> [137] "North Park"                "Northwestern (Minn.)"     
#> [139] "Norwich"                   "Simpson"                  
#> [141] "Southern Virginia"         "Southwestern"             
#> [143] "Springfield"               "St. John Fisher"          
#> [145] "St. John's"                "St. Lawrence"             
#> [147] "St. Norbert"               "St. Olaf"                 
#> [149] "St. Scholastica"           "St. Thomas"               
#> [151] "St. Vincent"               "Stevenson"                
#> [153] "Sul Ross State"            "SUNY-Maritime"            
#> [155] "Susquehanna"               "TCNJ"                     
#> [157] "Texas Lutheran"            "Thiel"                    
#> [159] "Trine"                     "Trinity (Conn.)"          
#> [161] "Trinity (Texas)"           "Tufts"                    
#> [163] "Union"                     "University of New England"
#> [165] "Ursinus"                   "Utica"                    
#> [167] "UW-Eau Claire"             "UW-La Crosse"             
#> [169] "UW-Oshkosh"                "UW-Platteville"           
#> [171] "UW-River Falls"            "UW-Stevens Point"         
#> [173] "UW-Stout"                  "UW-Whitewater"            
#> [175] "Wabash"                    "Wartburg"                 
#> [177] "Washington and Jefferson"  "Washington and Lee"       
#> [179] "Washington U."             "Waynesburg"               
#> [181] "Wesley"                    "Wesleyan"                 
#> [183] "Western Connecticut"       "Western New England"      
#> [185] "Westfield State"           "Westminster (Mo.)"        
#> [187] "Westminster (Pa.)"         "Wheaton (Ill.)"           
#> [189] "Whittier"                  "Whitworth"                
#> [191] "Widener"                   "Wilkes"                   
#> [193] "Willamette"                "William Paterson"         
#> [195] "Williams"                  "Wilmington"               
#> [197] "Wisconsin Lutheran"        "Wittenberg"               
#> [199] "Wooster"                   "Worcester State"          
#> [201] "WPI"                      
valid_team_names("Conference")
#>  [1] "ACC"                 "Big 12"              "Big Ten"            
#>  [4] "SEC"                 "Pac-12"              "Conference USA"     
#>  [7] "Mid-American"        "Mountain West"       "FBS Independents"   
#> [10] "Big Sky"             "MVFC"                "Ivy"                
#> [13] "MEAC"                "NEC"                 "OVC"                
#> [16] "Patriot"             "Pioneer"             "Southern Conference"
#> [19] "Southland"           "SWAC"                "Sun Belt"           
#> [22] "Big South"           "American Athletic"   "CAA"                
#> [25] "NCAA"