# NCAAF Odds API

The Odds API covers NCAAF (College Football) odds for live and upcoming games in a simple JSON API.

Not a developer? Current NCAAF odds can also be accessed in Excel or Google Sheets. For website owners, the odds widget brings bookmaker odds into websites with a simple HTML tag.

# Features

  • NCAAF odds are covered for live and upcoming games.

  • Featured markets, including moneyline, spreads, totals are covered for several bookmakers. See the full list of bookmakers.

  • Additional markets including player props, half and quarter time markets, and more are covered for most US bookmakers. See the full list of betting markets.

  • Odds are refreshed at regular intervals. More information on update intervals can be found here.

  • NCAAF scores are covered, with final scores available for games completed up to 3 days ago.

  • Current odds data and scores are available on all usage plans, including the free usage plan.

  • Historical NCAAF odds data is available on paid usage plans. Historical odds for featured markets (moneyline, spreads, totals) are available from mid-2020. Historical odds for other markets are available from May 2023. More information on historical odds data can be found here.

  • The API response includes deep links to bookmaker websites.

  • Rotation numbers are included in the API response.

# Querying NCAAF Odds

Featured markets (moneyline, spreads and totals) can be queried using the odds endpoint. For additional markets including player props, use the event-odds endpoint.

Parameters

To query current NCAAF odds for featured markets, the following parameters need to be provided:

  • sport   In this case americanfootball_ncaaf
  • regions   Regions of bookmakers to return, for example us
  • markets   For example, h2h for moneyline, spreads and totals
  • apiKey   Get a free API key

See the documentation for more options

Example API Request

https://api.the-odds-api.com/v4/sports/americanfootball_ncaaf/odds?regions=us&markets=h2h,spreads,totals&oddsFormat=american&apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY

Example API Response

The API will return live and upcoming NCAAF games, including start times, home and away teams, and odds from bookmakers for the specified regions and markets.

[{
    "id": "680b1441ea6113b9cc8f723ee1616f39",
    "sport_key": "americanfootball_ncaaf",
    "sport_title": "NCAAF",
    "commence_time": "2024-12-19T02:00:00Z",
    "home_team": "UNLV Rebels",
    "away_team": "California Golden Bears",
    "bookmakers": [
        {
            "key": "fanduel",
            "title": "FanDuel",
            "last_update": "2024-12-18T23:55:22Z",
            "markets": [
                {
                    "key": "h2h",
                    "last_update": "2024-12-18T23:55:22Z",
                    "outcomes": [
                        {"name": "California Golden Bears", "price": 134},
                        {"name": "UNLV Rebels", "price": -162}
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "key": "spreads",
                    "last_update": "2024-12-18T23:55:22Z",
                    "outcomes": [
                        {"name": "California Golden Bears", "price": -115,"point": 3.5},
                        {"name": "UNLV Rebels", "price": -105, "point": -3.5}
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "key": "totals",
                    "last_update": "2024-12-18T23:55:22Z",
                    "outcomes": [
                        {"name": "Over", "price": -110, "point": 45.5},
                        {"name": "Under", "price": -110, "point": 45.5}
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        
        ...

The usage cost of the API call in this example is

usage cost = [number of markets] x [number of regions] = 3 x 1 = 3 credits

See the API documentation for details.

# Query Any NCAAF Markets

Any supported NCAAF markets can be queried one game at a time using the event-odds endpoint.

Parameters

To query current NCAAF odds for any market, including player props, innings markets and more, the following parameters need to be provided:

  • sport   In this case americanfootball_ncaaf
  • eventId   This example uses the id of Bengals @ Cowboys (id 2fd3...). A list of current event ids can be queried using the events endpoint.
  • regions   Regions of bookmakers to return, for example us
  • markets   For example h2h_q1 (1st quarter moneyline), player_pass_tds, player_rush_yds
  • apiKey   Get a free API key

See the documentation for more options.

Example API Request

https://api.the-odds-api.com/v4/sports/americanfootball_ncaaf/events/2fd335893dbb8ab9c0e1aea6c98a969c/odds?regions=us&markets=h2h_q1,player_pass_tds,player_rush_yds&oddsFormat=american&apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY

Example API Response

The response will contain the specified NCAAF game including odds from the specified bookmakers and markets.

{
    "id": "680b1441ea6113b9cc8f723ee1616f39",
    "sport_key": "americanfootball_ncaaf",
    "sport_title": "NCAAF",
    "commence_time": "2024-12-19T02:00:00Z",
    "home_team": "UNLV Rebels",
    "away_team": "California Golden Bears",
    "bookmakers": [
        {
            "key": "fanduel",
            "title": "FanDuel",
            "last_update": "2024-12-18T23:55:22Z",
            "markets": [
                {
                    "key": "h2h_q1",
                    "last_update": "2024-12-18T23:54:47Z",
                    "outcomes": [
                        {"name": "California Golden Bears", "price": 112},
                        {"name": "UNLV Rebels", "price": -142}
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "key": "player_pass_tds",
                    "last_update": "2024-12-18T23:54:38Z",
                    "outcomes": [
                        {"name": "Over", "description": "Hajj-Malik Williams", "price": 154, "point": 1.5},
                        {"name": "Under", "description": "Hajj-Malik Williams", "price": -196, "point": 1.5}
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "key": "player_rush_yds",
                    "last_update": "2024-12-18T23:54:47Z",
                    "outcomes": [
                        {"name": "Over", "description": "Jai'Den Thomas", "price": -112, "point": 55.5},
                        {"name": "Under", "description": "Jai'Den Thomas", "price": -112, "point": 55.5},
                        {"name": "Over", "description": "Jaydn Ott", "price": -112, "point": 54.5},
                        {"name": "Under", "description": "Jaydn Ott", "price": -112, "point": 54.5},
                        {"name": "Over", "description": "Hajj-Malik Williams", "price": -112, "point": 64.5},
                        {"name": "Under", "description": "Hajj-Malik Williams", "price": -112, "point": 64.5}
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        ...

The usage cost of the API call in this example is

usage cost = [number of markets] x [number of regions] = 3 x 1 = 3 credits

If you only need featured markets (moneyline, spreads, totals), it will be more cost-efficient to query the odds endpoint since it will return multiple games.

See the API documentation for details.

# Other Sports

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