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Try the ESPN poll rankings API

Test Crawlora's ESPN poll rankings API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /espn/rankings
Platform: ESPN
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 0 credits/request
Required params: sport, league

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/espn/rankings?sport=football&league=college-football" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
sport	string	Yes	football	Sport key
league	string	Yes	college-football	College league key

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "sport": "football",
    "league": "college-football",
    "season": {
      "year": 2024
    },
    "source_url": "https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/college-football/rankings",
    "fetched_at": "2026-07-06T00:00:00Z",
    "polls": [
      {
        "name": "AP Top 25",
        "short_name": "AP Poll",
        "ranks": [
          {
            "current": 1,
            "previous": 1,
            "points": 1650,
            "trend": "-",
            "record": "16-0",
            "team": {
              "id": "194",
              "abbreviation": "OSU",
              "name": "Buckeyes"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey0 credits/requestespn.rankingsResponseDocESPN

GET /espn/rankings

ESPN poll rankings

Returns poll rankings (e.g. AP Top 25) for a college league from ESPN's credential-free public JSON. Rankings are only published for college leagues: the `sport` enum accepts `football` and `basketball`, and the `league` enum accepts `college-football`, `mens-college-basketball`, and `womens-college-basketball`.

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Required query parameters

sport

requiredstring

Sport keyleague

requiredstring

College league key

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "sport": "football",
    "league": "college-football",
    "season": {
      "year": 2024
    },
    "source_url": "https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/college-football/rankings",
    "fetched_at": "2026-07-06T00:00:00Z",
    "polls": [
      {
        "name": "AP Top 25",
        "short_name": "AP Poll",
        "ranks": [
          {
            "current": 1,
            "previous": 1,
            "points": 1650,
            "trend": "-",
            "record": "16-0",
            "team": {
              "id": "194",
              "abbreviation": "OSU",
              "name": "Buckeyes"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /espn/rankings
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 0 credits/request
Platform: ESPN
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

sport:queryleague:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.fetched_atdata.leaguedata.pollsdata.polls[].namedata.polls[].ranksdata.polls[].ranks[].currentdata.polls[].ranks[].pointsdata.polls[].ranks[].previousdata.polls[].ranks[].recorddata.polls[].ranks[].team

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "sport": "football",
    "league": "college-football",
    "season": {
      "year": 2024
    },
    "source_url": "https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/football/college-football/rankings",
    "fetched_at": "2026-07-06T00:00:00Z",
    "polls": [
      {
        "name": "AP Top 25",
        "short_name": "AP Poll",
        "ranks": [
          {
            "current": 1,
            "previous": 1,
            "points": 1650,
            "trend": "-",
            "record": "16-0",
            "team": {
              "id": "194",
              "abbreviation": "OSU",
              "name": "Buckeyes"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/espn/rankings?sport=<sport>&league=<league>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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