Is there a free College Football API?

Yes. The Free plan is $0 with 125 calls per month (1,000 in the first 30 days) at 1 request per second, no card required. The same key works for all 29 leagues.

Which College Football endpoints are available?

Available: live scores, events (scoreboard), event detail, play-by-play, box score, odds, win probability, teams, rosters, athletes, news, schedule / weeks. Not available or not verified: injuries (limited), ncaa tournament (not available).

Does the College Football API include betting odds?

Yes. Upcoming College Football games returned a spread, moneyline and total when we checked, from a single source book, with line history. It is not a multi-book comparison feed and not suited to sub-second in-play betting.

Does it include College Football injuries?

Partly. Only a handful of records are published for college football.

Can I get College Football score updates pushed instead of polling?

Yes. Webhooks are included on every paid plan (Starter, Growth, Pro, Scale). WebSocket is included on paid plans, and the Free plan gets a 500-message monthly preview. Both can be filtered to college-football.

College Football API

Realtime Sports API serves College Football (NCAA FBS) games through the same REST endpoints and JSON schema as every other league, using sport=football and league=college-football. You get the current scoreboard, live scores, game detail, play-by-play, teams, rosters and news, plus current odds and line history from a single source book. Data is aggregated from public sources and is typically 20-30 seconds behind live play (about 1 second after our source). There is no SLA.

Slugs: sport=football
league=college-football
Teams: 817
Season (from data): 2026 Regular Season
In the scoreboard now: 16 games

Recent College Football results

College Football games from the API
Date	Away	Home	Time / Result	Venue
Sat, Oct 3	Indiana Hoosiers	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	47 - 15 Final	SHI Stadium · Piscataway, NJ
Sat, Oct 3	McNeese Cowboys	LSU Tigers	14 - 63 Final	Tiger Stadium (LA) · Baton Rouge, LA
Sat, Oct 3	Utah State Aggies	Boise State Broncos	18 - 37 Final	Albertsons Stadium · Boise, ID
Sat, Oct 3	Washington Huskies	USC Trojans	21 - 25 Final	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum · Los Angeles, CA
Sat, Oct 3	Miami Hurricanes	Clemson Tigers	41 - 13 Final	Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC) · Clemson, SC

From the /events endpoint for this league, refreshed every few minutes. Times are US Eastern. Full College Football schedule

Live example

Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RSA_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/football/leagues/college-football/events?limit=1"

Response captured from live data at 2026-10-05 02:07 UTC (refreshed every few minutes). Long arrays are trimmed; meta.rateLimit values are illustrative for a Free key.

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "401856705",
      "uid": "s:20~l:23~e:401856705",
      "name": "Vanderbilt Commodores at Georgia Bulldogs",
      "shortName": "VAN @ UGA",
      "date": "2026-10-03T16:45Z",
      "status": {
        "state": "post",
        "completed": true,
        "period": 4,
        "clock": "0:00",
        "detail": "Final",
        "halftime": false,
        "firstHalfEnded": true
      },
      "homeTeam": {
        "id": "61",
        "name": "Georgia Bulldogs",
        "abbreviation": "UGA",
        "logo": "https://realtimesportsapi.com/api/images/proxy?id=GgcVSgNPTUMITUgaFFQVVVQXBVwOHV5LRQBZD1lbBllDXR0CWxFaV1xZTBtYSkoYVg",
        "color": "ba0c2f",
        "alternateColor": "2c2a29",
        "winner": true,
        "score": 38
      },
      "awayTeam": {
        "id": "238",
        "name": "Vanderbilt Commodores",
        "abbreviation": "VAN",
        "logo": "https://realtimesportsapi.com/api/images/proxy?id=GgcVSgNPTUMITUgaFFQVVVQXBVwOHV5LRQBZD1lbBllDXR0CWxFaV1xZTB9aXBQGX10",
        "color": "000000",
        "alternateColor": "cfae70",
        "winner": false,
        "score": 14
      },
      "competition": {
        "attendance": 93033,
        "neutralSite": false,
        "conferenceCompetition": true,
        "divisionCompetition": true,
        "playByPlayAvailable": true,
        "highlightsAvailable": true
      },
      "venue": {
        "id": "3917",
        "name": "Sanford Stadium",
        "city": "Athens",
        "state": "GA",
        "indoor": false,
        "grass": true
      },
      "notes": [],
      "season": {
        "year": 2026,
        "displayName": "2026",
        "type": {
          "id": "2",
          "name": "Regular Season",
          "abbreviation": "reg"
        },
        "week": {
          "number": 5,
          "startDate": "2026-09-28T07:00Z",
          "endDate": "2026-10-05T06:59Z",
          "text": "Week 5"
        }
      },
      "broadcasts": [
        {
          "network": {
            "id": "1",
            "type": "National"
          },
          "type": "TV"
        }
      ],
      "officials": []
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "rateLimit": {
      "limit": 125,
      "remaining": 124,
      "reset": 1793491200000
    }
  }
}

College Football endpoints

Checked against live data on 2026-10-04. Paths are relative to /api/v1/sports/football/leagues/college-football.

Endpoint	Path	College Football	Notes
Live scores	/events/live	Available
Events (scoreboard)	/events	Available
Event detail	/events/{eventId}	Available
Play-by-play	/events/{eventId}/plays	Available
Box score	/events/{eventId}/boxscore	Available
Odds	/events/{eventId}/odds	Available
Win probability	/events/{eventId}/winprobability	Available
Teams	/teams	Available
Rosters	/teams/{teamId}/roster	Available
Athletes	/athletes/search	Available
Injuries	/injuries	Limited	Only a handful of records are published for college football.
News	/news	Available
Schedule / weeks	/seasons/{season}/schedule	Available
NCAA tournament	/seasons/{season}/tournament	Not available
Webhooks	/webhooks	Available
WebSocket	/websocket/auth	Available

Week-based season: list weeks with /seasons/{season}/weeks and fetch one week with /seasons/{season}/schedule?week=N (College Football and the other football league only).
The teams endpoint lists 800+ teams across all divisions; use /seasons/{season}/types/2/groups/80/teams for FBS only.
Only a handful of records are published for college football.

Event object fields

Every College Football game in the events, live and schedule endpoints uses the same Event object as other leagues.

Field	Type	Notes
id	string	Event id; use it with the detail, plays, box score and odds endpoints.
uid	string
name	string	Full matchup name.
shortName	string	Abbreviated matchup, e.g. "AWAY @ HOME".
date	string	Start time, ISO-8601 UTC.
status	EventStatus	state (pre, in, post), completed, period, clock and display detail.
homeTeam	EventTeam	id, name, abbreviation, colors, logo (proxied), record, score, winner.
awayTeam	EventTeam	Same shape as homeTeam.
competition	object	attendance, neutralSite, conference/division flags, playByPlayAvailable.
venue	object	Venue id, name, city, state, indoor, grass (null when unknown).
notes	string[]	Headline notes, e.g. round or rivalry names.
season	object	year, type (preseason/regular/postseason) and week where the league uses weeks.
broadcasts	object[]	TV/stream networks for the game.
officials	object[]	Game officials when published.
odds	Odds	Only with includeOdds=true and when the game has odds.

Code samples

curl

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RSA_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/football/leagues/college-football/events?limit=5"

JavaScript (fetch)

const res = await fetch("https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/football/leagues/college-football/events?limit=5", {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.RSA_API_KEY}` }
});
const { success, data, meta } = await res.json();
console.log(data, meta.rateLimit);

Python (requests)

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/v1/sports/football/leagues/college-football/events?limit=5",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['RSA_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=10,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["data"])

MCP prompt (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT)

Using the Realtime Sports MCP server (https://www.realtimesportsapi.com/api/mcp), call get_events with sport "football" and league "college-football" and list the games it returns with start times, status and scores for College Football.

Connect the hosted MCP server first: setup guide. Each tool call counts as one API call.

Rate limits and pricing

Plan	Price	Calls	Rate	WebSocket	Webhooks
Free	$0	125/mo (1,000 first 30 days)	1/s	500 msgs/mo	No
Starter	$29/mo ($290/yr)	10,000/mo	5/s	Shares monthly pool	Shares monthly pool
Growth	$49/mo ($490/yr)	25,000/mo	10/s	Shares monthly pool	Shares monthly pool
Pro	$99/mo ($990/yr)	50,000/mo	20/s	100,000 msgs/mo	25,000/mo
Scale	$299/mo ($2,990/yr)	500,000/mo	100/s	500,000 msgs/mo	100,000/mo

Every successful REST call counts as one call. Over the limit you get HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header. No SLA. Full pricing.

29 leagues monitored live: NFL, college football, NBA, men's college basketball, MLB, NHL and 23 soccer competitions.

FAQ

Is there a free College Football API?: Yes. The Free plan is $0 with 125 calls per month (1,000 in the first 30 days) at 1 request per second, no card required. The same key works for all 29 leagues.
How fresh is the College Football data?: Data is aggregated from public sources and is typically 20-30 seconds behind live play (about 1 second after our source). There is no SLA. It is not intended for in-play betting that needs sub-second data.
Which College Football endpoints are available?: Available: live scores, events (scoreboard), event detail, play-by-play, box score, odds, win probability, teams, rosters, athletes, news, schedule / weeks. Not available or not verified: injuries (limited), ncaa tournament (not available).
Does the College Football API include betting odds?: Yes. Upcoming College Football games returned a spread, moneyline and total when we checked, from a single source book, with line history. It is not a multi-book comparison feed and not suited to sub-second in-play betting.
Does it include College Football injuries?: Partly. Only a handful of records are published for college football.
Can I get College Football score updates pushed instead of polling?: Yes. Webhooks are included on every paid plan (Starter, Growth, Pro, Scale). WebSocket is included on paid plans, and the Free plan gets a 500-message monthly preview. Both can be filtered to college-football.