espn_cfb_rankings: *ESPN College Football Ranking Sources*

In cfbfastR: Access College Football Play by Play Data

ESPN College Football Ranking Sources

Description

Get the index of poll / ranking sources ESPN publishes for a college football season – the AP Top 25, the Coaches Poll, the CFP committee rankings, and the computer-derived polls.

Usage

espn_cfb_rankings(year = NULL)

Arguments

year	(Integer required): Season, 4 digit format (YYYY). Minimum value accepted: 2000

Details

Wraps the ESPN core-v2 endpoint sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/football/leagues/college-football/seasons/{year}/rankings. The index returns one ⁠$ref⁠ per ranking source (~6-7); this wrapper dereferences each and returns one row per source, with a count of how many weekly snapshots that source published in the season. To pull the actual ranked teams for a given week, feed season, season_type, and a week to espn_cfb_week_rankings().

Value

A data frame with one row per ranking source:

col_name	types	description
season	integer	Season (4-digit year).
ranking_id	character	ESPN ranking source id.
name	character	Ranking source name (e.g. ⁠AP Top 25⁠).
short_name	character	Ranking source short name (e.g. ⁠AP Poll⁠).
type	character	Ranking source type code (e.g. ap, cfp).
n_snapshots	integer	Number of weekly snapshots published by the source.
ranking_ref	character	⁠$ref⁠ URL to the ranking source resource.

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_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_teams(), espn_cfb_unnest_plays(), espn_cfb_venue(), espn_cfb_venues(), espn_cfb_week_rankings()

Examples

  try(espn_cfb_rankings(year = 2024))

cfbfastR documentation built on Aug. 24, 2026, 5:13 p.m.