Get men's college basketball AP and Coaches Poll rankings from ESPN
Source:R/espn_mbb_data.R
espn_mbb_rankings.RdGet men's college basketball AP and Coaches Poll rankings from ESPN
Value
Returns a tibble
| col_name | types | description |
| id | integer | Id. |
| name | character | Display name. |
| short_name | character | Short display name. |
| type | character | Record type / category. |
| headline | character | News headline. |
| short_headline | character | Short news headline. |
| current | integer | Current. |
| previous | integer | Previous. |
| points | numeric | Points scored. |
| first_place_votes | integer | First place votes. |
| trend | character | Trend. |
| date | character | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| last_updated | character | Last updated. |
| record_summary | character | Win-loss record summary string. |
| team_id | integer | Unique team identifier. |
| team_uid | character | ESPN universal team identifier (UID format 's:40~l:...~t:...'). |
| team_location | character | Team city or location string. |
| team_name | character | Full team display name (e.g. 'Las Vegas Aces'). |
| team_nickname | character | Team nickname. |
| team_abbreviation | character | Short team abbreviation (e.g. 'LAS'). |
| team_color | character | Team primary color (hex without leading '#'). |
| team_logo | character | Team logo image URL. |
| occurrence_number | integer | Occurrence number. |
| occurrence_type | character | Occurrence type. |
| occurrence_last | logical | Occurrence last. |
| occurrence_value | character | Occurrence value. |
| occurrence_display_value | character | Occurrence display value. |
| season_year | integer | Season year string ('YYYY-YY' format). |
| season_start_date | character | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| season_end_date | character | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| season_display_name | character | Season display label. |
| season_type_type | integer | Season type type. |
| season_type_name | character | Season type name. |
| season_type_abbreviation | character | Season type abbreviation. |
| season_futures_ref | character | Season futures ref. |
| first_occurrence_type | character | First occurrence type. |
| first_occurrence_value | character | First occurrence value. |
See also
Other ESPN MBB Functions:
espn_mbb_athlete_awards(),
espn_mbb_athlete_career_stats(),
espn_mbb_athlete_eventlog(),
espn_mbb_athlete_eventlog_v2(),
espn_mbb_athlete_gamelog(),
espn_mbb_athlete_info(),
espn_mbb_athlete_overview(),
espn_mbb_athlete_seasons(),
espn_mbb_athlete_splits(),
espn_mbb_athlete_statisticslog(),
espn_mbb_athlete_stats(),
espn_mbb_athletes_index(),
espn_mbb_award(),
espn_mbb_betting(),
espn_mbb_calendar(),
espn_mbb_coach(),
espn_mbb_coach_record(),
espn_mbb_coach_season(),
espn_mbb_coaches(),
espn_mbb_conferences(),
espn_mbb_event_broadcasts(),
espn_mbb_event_competitor_leaders(),
espn_mbb_event_competitor_linescores(),
espn_mbb_event_competitor_records(),
espn_mbb_event_competitor_roster(),
espn_mbb_event_competitor_roster_entry(),
espn_mbb_event_competitor_score(),
espn_mbb_event_competitor_statistics(),
espn_mbb_event_odds(),
espn_mbb_event_official_detail(),
espn_mbb_event_officials(),
espn_mbb_event_play(),
espn_mbb_event_play_personnel(),
espn_mbb_event_player_box(),
espn_mbb_event_powerindex(),
espn_mbb_event_predictor(),
espn_mbb_event_probabilities(),
espn_mbb_event_propbets(),
espn_mbb_event_situation(),
espn_mbb_franchise(),
espn_mbb_franchises(),
espn_mbb_futures(),
espn_mbb_game_all(),
espn_mbb_game_rosters(),
espn_mbb_injuries(),
espn_mbb_leaders(),
espn_mbb_news(),
espn_mbb_pbp(),
espn_mbb_player_box(),
espn_mbb_player_stats(),
espn_mbb_position(),
espn_mbb_positions(),
espn_mbb_powerindex(),
espn_mbb_scoreboard(),
espn_mbb_season_awards(),
espn_mbb_season_group(),
espn_mbb_season_group_children(),
espn_mbb_season_group_teams(),
espn_mbb_season_groups(),
espn_mbb_season_info(),
espn_mbb_season_leaders(),
espn_mbb_season_ranking(),
espn_mbb_season_rankings(),
espn_mbb_season_type(),
espn_mbb_season_types(),
espn_mbb_season_week(),
espn_mbb_season_weeks(),
espn_mbb_seasons(),
espn_mbb_standings(),
espn_mbb_team(),
espn_mbb_team_box(),
espn_mbb_team_current_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_injuries(),
espn_mbb_team_leaders(),
espn_mbb_team_news(),
espn_mbb_team_odds_records(),
espn_mbb_team_record(),
espn_mbb_team_record_detail(),
espn_mbb_team_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_schedule(),
espn_mbb_team_season_profile(),
espn_mbb_team_season_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_season_statistics(),
espn_mbb_team_stats(),
espn_mbb_teams(),
espn_mbb_tournament(),
espn_mbb_tournament_season(),
espn_mbb_tournament_seasons(),
espn_mbb_tournaments(),
espn_mbb_venues(),
espn_mbb_week_ranking(),
espn_mbb_week_rankings(),
espn_mbb_wp()
Examples
# Get current AP and Coaches Poll rankings
# \donttest{
try(espn_mbb_rankings())
#> ── ESPN MBB Rankings Information from ESPN.com ────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-22 07:30:31 UTC
#> # A tibble: 81 × 39
#> id name short_name type headline short_headline current previous points
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <int> <dbl>
#> 1 1 AP To… AP Poll ap 2026 NC… 2026 : Week 3 1 3 1425
#> 2 1 AP To… AP Poll ap 2026 NC… 2026 : Week 3 2 7 1352
#> 3 1 AP To… AP Poll ap 2026 NC… 2026 : Week 3 3 2 1311
#> 4 1 AP To… AP Poll ap 2026 NC… 2026 : Week 3 4 1 1237
#> 5 1 AP To… AP Poll ap 2026 NC… 2026 : Week 3 5 13 1228
#> 6 1 AP To… AP Poll ap 2026 NC… 2026 : Week 3 6 8 1113
#> 7 1 AP To… AP Poll ap 2026 NC… 2026 : Week 3 7 5 1021
#> 8 1 AP To… AP Poll ap 2026 NC… 2026 : Week 3 8 6 924
#> 9 1 AP To… AP Poll ap 2026 NC… 2026 : Week 3 9 4 909
#> 10 1 AP To… AP Poll ap 2026 NC… 2026 : Week 3 10 10 891
#> # ℹ 71 more rows
#> # ℹ 30 more variables: first_place_votes <int>, trend <chr>, date <chr>,
#> # last_updated <chr>, record_summary <chr>, team_id <int>, team_uid <chr>,
#> # team_location <chr>, team_name <chr>, team_nickname <chr>,
#> # team_abbreviation <chr>, team_color <chr>, team_logos <list>,
#> # team_logo <chr>, occurrence_number <int>, occurrence_type <chr>,
#> # occurrence_last <lgl>, occurrence_value <chr>, …
# }