CFB Vault: every college football team, all the way down
College football scores are everywhere. Depth is not. CFB Vault gives all 266 Division I programs the same treatment, from the SEC to the SWAC, with full rosters, career stat lines, hometown maps and 59 years of NFL draft history.
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What is in it
- All 266 Division I programs, FBS and FCS, on the same footing.
- Every Division I HBCU program, all 21 of them: the whole SWAC, the whole MEAC, plus Tennessee State, Hampton and North Carolina A&T.
- 12,298 NFL draft picks since 1967, and a full professional career for 10,218 of them, including 141 Pro Football Hall of Famers.
- 4,693 player photographs, freely licensed and credited.
- Program history for every team: first season, all-time record, conference titles, bowl record, rivals, fight song, marching band.
- Hometown maps: 28,826 of 29,730 players placed in 5,689 towns, so you can see who is from your state.
- Player pages with a photo where a free one exists, this season's numbers and a game by game log.
- Live scores, rankings and schedules, and a live game screen with win chance, the latest plays and every scoring play.
- Pick'em: pick every game against the Vault, challenge a friend with one tap, and earn streaks and 12 badges in a trophy case.
- Optional alerts: a game day plan at 8 AM and live score alerts for your teams, both off until you switch them on.
- Works offline. Rosters, stats and history are on the device. Live scores, live player stats and play by play need a connection.
How much does it cost
Nothing. Free to download, free to use, no account, and no paywall on stats, rosters or history.
Where can I get it
CFB Vault is an Android app, live now on Google Play. Free to download, no account needed. On iPhone? It is not on iPhone yet. Leave your email above and you will hear first if that changes.
Frequently asked questions
Is it really free?
Yes. Free to download and free to use, with no paywall on stats, rosters or history. The only ads are small banners for our own other sites and apps, with no ad network and no tracking. Everything you see listed as a feature will always be free.
Which teams are covered?
All 138 FBS and 128 FCS programs, 266 in total, get full rosters, player statistics, schedules, draft history, program history and head coach. That includes all 21 Division I HBCU programs, the whole SWAC, the whole MEAC, plus Tennessee State, Hampton and North Carolina A&T, on exactly the same footing as Alabama. Division II and NAIA are not included, because rosters and statistics for those levels do not exist in any free data source, and a page with an empty roster would be worse than no page at all.
Where does the data come from?
Live scores, schedules, rankings and headlines come from ESPN's public feed, fetched by the phone as they happen. Rosters, player statistics, venues and NFL draft results come from CollegeFootballData.com, an open college football data project. Program history, head coaches and NFL careers come from Wikipedia, used under a CC BY-SA license and credited inside the app on every screen where it appears.
Is high school listed for every player?
No, and we won't fake it. High school information exists for recruited players and coverage is thinner at smaller programs. Where we don't have it, we leave it out rather than print "unknown." Hometown, though, is available for nearly every player.
Does it work offline?
Yes, and this is deliberate. All 266 rosters, every career line and every draft pick back to 1967 are stored on your phone, not fetched from a server. In a concrete concourse with no signal, or on a tower with a hundred thousand people on it, the app still opens and everything except the live parts, scores, live player stats and play by play, still works.
Can it send me alerts?
Only if you ask it to. On the Today screen you can switch on a game day plan, a note at 8 AM on days your teams, or players from your hometown, play. A second switch turns on live score alerts: touchdowns and field goals for your teams, close fourth quarters and upsets. Both are off until you turn them on.
What does the game screen show?
Before kickoff it is a game preview: the countdown, win chances, season numbers for both teams and the players to watch. During a game it shows the score and clock, a live win chance chart, the latest plays and every scoring play. After the final whistle it becomes a report card.
Does it work on iPhone?
Not yet. CFB Vault is Android only right now, free on Google Play, and it runs on any Android phone or tablet. If you're on iPhone, join the iPhone list and you'll be the first to know if an iPhone version comes out.
CFB Vault is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the NCAA, the NFL, or any college, university or conference.