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updatedAt: 2026-07-21T18:57:04.000Z
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# Rankings (Current Week)

**NCAAWB Rankings (Current Week)** List of current Associated Press and USA Today rankings, including those teams not ranked but receiving votes.

<Callout icon="⏱️" theme="default">
  ### Update Frequency

  **TTL / Cache:** 60 minutes

  **Data Updates:** Rankings update within 15 minutes after their release to the public, typically on Mondays
</Callout>

> 📘 Displaying Rankings
>
> Learn how to use Rankings (Current Week) to display the current Associated Press and USA Today rankings, including teams receiving votes, in our [Standings and Rankings](https://developer.sportradar.com/basketball/docs/ncaawb-ig-standings-rankings-retrieval) integration scenario.

***

## Data Points

<Accordion title="Polls" icon="fa-duotone fa-thin fa-basketball-hoop">
  > The following polls are covered: Associated Press (AP), USA Today (US)

  | Attribute        | Parent Element | Type      | Description                                                                                              |
  | ---------------- | -------------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `alias`          | `poll`         | String    | Alias of a poll<br /><br />`AP`, `US`                                                                    |
  | `id`             | `poll`         | GUID      | Unique ID of a poll<br /><br />ex. `a888428d-0a37-46ec-8c07-5020efe942ea`                                |
  | `name`           | `poll`         | String    | Name of a poll<br /><br />ex. `AP Top 25`                                                                |
  | `effective_time` | `poll`         | Date/Time | Timestamp of the creation of the weekly ranking (poll) record<br /><br />ex. `2023-01-10T13:42:00+00:00` |
  | `week`           | `poll`         | String    | Week of the season                                                                                       |
  | `year`           | `poll`         | Integer   | Year of the season                                                                                       |
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Rankings" icon="fa-duotone fa-thin fa-basketball-hoop">
  | Attribute   | Parent Element                 | Type    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                     |
  | ----------- | ------------------------------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `prev_rank` | `poll` - `rankings` - `team`   | Integer | Team rank for the previous week                                                                                                                                                                 |
  | `losses`    | `poll` - `rankings` - `team`   | Integer | Number of overall team losses<br /><br /><i>Note: Win/loss data represents a team's record when rankings are released. For "realtime" standing updates/records, use the Standings endpoint.</i> |
  | `wins`      | `poll` - `rankings` - `team`   | Integer | Number of overall team wins<br /><br /><i>Note: Win/loss data represents a team's record when rankings are released. For "realtime" standing updates/records, use the Standings endpoint.</i>   |
  | `rank`      | `poll` - `rankings` - `team`   | Integer | Team rank for the week polled                                                                                                                                                                   |
  | `points`    | `poll` - `rankings` - `team`   | Integer | Number of team rank points for the week polled                                                                                                                                                  |
  | `fp_votes`  | `poll` - `rankings` - `team`   | Integer | Number of first place votes for a team for the week polled                                                                                                                                      |
  | `votes`     | `poll` - `candidates` - `team` | Integer | Number of votes for a team outside of the top 25 for the week polled                                                                                                                            |
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Team" icon="fa-duotone fa-thin fa-basketball-hoop">
  | Attribute | Parent Element | Type   | Description                                                               |
  | --------- | -------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `id`      | `team`         | GUID   | Unique ID of a team<br /><br />ex. `7269c5c7-6614-41d8-9415-7ca3243f6612` |
  | `market`  | `team`         | String | School name of a team<br /><br />ex. `Iowa`                               |
  | `name`    | `team`         | String | Team name<br /><br />ex. `Hawkeyes`                                       |
</Accordion>

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "ncaa-womens-basketball",
    "version": "8"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.sportradar.com/ncaawb/"
    }
  ],
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "sec0": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "x-api-key"
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "sec0": []
    }
  ],
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    "/{access_level}/v8/{language_code}/polls/{poll_type}/{season_year}/rankings.{format}": {
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        "summary": "Rankings (Current Week)",
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        "operationId": "ncaawb-rankings-current-week",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "access_level",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "The access level of your API key<br><br>`trial`, `production`",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "trial",
                "production"
              ],
              "default": "trial"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "language_code",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "2-letter code for supported languages<br><br>`en` (English)",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "en"
              ],
              "default": "en"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "poll_type",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Code for supported poll type<br><br>`AP` (Associated Press), `US` (USA Today)",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "AP",
                "US"
              ],
              "default": "AP"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "season_year",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Year of a season in `YYYY` format<br><br>**Note:** Season year is always the year a season <i>begins</i>. For example, `2024` for the 2024-25 season.",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "2013",
                "2014",
                "2015",
                "2016",
                "2017",
                "2018",
                "2019",
                "2020",
                "2021",
                "2022",
                "2023",
                "2024",
                "2025",
                "2026"
              ],
              "default": "2025"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "format",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Format returned<br><br>`json`, `xml`",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "json",
                "xml"
              ],
              "default": "json"
            },
            "required": true
          }
        ],
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                      "properties": {
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                          "example": "a888428d-0a37-46ec-8c07-5020efe942ea"
                        },
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                          "example": "AP"
                        },
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                          "example": "AP Top 25"
                        }
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                      "example": 2022,
                      "default": 0
                    },
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                      "example": "W19"
                    },
                    "effective_time": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "example": "2023-03-13T13:15:00+00:00"
                    },
                    "rankings": {
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                      "items": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
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                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "7f4f0451-6b78-4082-9503-ce851e549b0c"
                          },
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                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "Gamecocks"
                          },
                          "market": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "South Carolina"
                          },
                          "rank": {
                            "type": "integer",
                            "example": 1,
                            "default": 0
                          },
                          "wins": {
                            "type": "integer",
                            "example": 32,
                            "default": 0
                          },
                          "losses": {
                            "type": "integer",
                            "example": 0,
                            "default": 0
                          },
                          "prev_rank": {
                            "type": "integer",
                            "example": 1,
                            "default": 0
                          },
                          "points": {
                            "type": "integer",
                            "example": 700,
                            "default": 0
                          },
                          "fp_votes": {
                            "type": "integer",
                            "example": 28,
                            "default": 0
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "headers": [],
    "explorer-enabled": true,
    "proxy-enabled": true
  },
  "x-readme-fauxas": true
}
```