NCAA API

"College Sports Data for Basketball & Football" by John Rippy | johnrippy.link

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Fetch comprehensive NCAA college sports data including basketball rankings, football standings, team rosters, player statistics, and game schedules for all divisions.

Features

Basketball Data

• Teams - All NCAA basketball teams by division and conference
• Rankings - AP Poll, Coaches Poll, and NET rankings
• Schedule - Game schedules with dates, times, and opponents
• Scores - Live and final game scores
• Standings - Conference and division standings

Football Data

• Teams - All NCAA football teams (FBS/FCS)
• Rankings - AP Poll, Coaches Poll, and CFP rankings
• Schedule - Weekly game schedules by week number
• Scores - Game scores and results
• Standings - Conference standings

Team & Player Data

• Team Roster - Current player rosters with positions, heights, weights
• Player Stats - Individual player statistics

Supported Divisions

• Division I - Top-level NCAA competition (Power 5, Group of 5, FCS)
• Division II - Mid-level NCAA competition
• Division III - Non-scholarship athletic programs

Major Conferences

Football (FBS)

• SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, Pac-12
• American, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt

Basketball

• SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, Big East
• AAC, Atlantic 10, Mountain West, WCC

Usage Examples

Get Basketball Rankings

{
    "task": "basketball_rankings",
    "division": "D1",
    "gender": "mens"
}

Get SEC Football Standings

{
    "task": "football_standings",
    "conference": "SEC"
}

Get Duke Basketball Roster

{
    "task": "team_roster",
    "sport": "basketball",
    "teamId": "duke"
}

Get Week 12 Football Scores

{
    "task": "football_scores",
    "week": 12,
    "season": 2024
}

Get Women's Basketball Teams

{
    "task": "basketball_teams",
    "division": "D1",
    "gender": "womens"
}

Output Format

All tasks return a consistent JSON structure:

{
    "task": "basketball_rankings",
    "success": true,
    "timestamp": "2024-12-29T12:00:00.000Z",
    "sport": "basketball",
    "division": "D1",
    "gender": "mens",
    "data": [...]
}

🎲 Fantasy Sports & Betting Use Cases

Fantasy Sports Integration

This actor is perfect for building college fantasy sports tools:

• Player projections - Get real-time stats for DraftKings and FanDuel college contests
• Roster analysis - Compare players across positions for DFS lineup optimization
• Matchup analysis - Evaluate opponent defenses for fantasy scoring
• March Madness brackets - Build bracket prediction models with ranking and stat data
• CFP projections - Model College Football Playoff scenarios

Sports Betting Analysis

Use the data for legal sports betting research:

• Point spread research - Analyze team performance vs spread
• Over/under analysis - Compare offensive/defensive stats for totals
• Live betting data - Track game scores and momentum
• Conference trends - Identify patterns in conference matchups
• Injury impact - Assess how roster changes affect lines

DFS Lineup Optimization

Build daily fantasy sports tools with:

{
    "task": "fantasy_projections",
    "sport": "basketball",
    "platform": "draftkings",
    "slate": "main"
}

Betting Odds Integration

Get lines from major sportsbooks:

{
    "task": "betting_odds",
    "sport": "football",
    "week": 12,
    "markets": ["spread", "total", "moneyline"]
}

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Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing:

Task	Price
Basketball Teams	$0.01
Basketball Rankings	$0.01
Basketball Schedule	$0.01
Basketball Scores	$0.01
Basketball Standings	$0.01
Football Teams	$0.01
Football Rankings	$0.01
Football Schedule	$0.01
Football Scores	$0.01
Football Standings	$0.01
Team Roster	$0.02
Player Stats	$0.02
Fantasy Projections	$0.03
Betting Odds	$0.05

Demo Mode

Enable demoMode: true to test the actor without making live API calls. This is useful for:

• Testing integrations
• Exploring the output format
• Avoiding API rate limits during development

Data Sources

• ESPN API - Primary data source for NCAA sports data
• NCAA Official - Supplementary data for standings and rankings

Author

John Rippy - johnrippy.link

🏆 2025 Zapier Automation Hero of the Year — Project Phoenix: A 95-step AI sales pipeline cutting development time by 50%. Read more →

• LinkedIn: johnrippy
• Email: john@johnrippy.link

🏆 2025 Zapier Automation Hero of the Year — Project Phoenix: A 95-step AI sales pipeline cutting development time by 50%. Read more →

Support

For issues or feature requests, please contact the author or submit a bug report through Apify.