cfbd_get_rankings
Get college football poll rankings (AP, Coaches, CFP) for a given year and week.
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What cfbd_get_rankings does on Sports Hub
AI agents call cfbd_get_rankings to retrieve information from Sports Hub without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why cfbd_get_rankings is rated Low
This tool simply queries and returns historical or current poll ranking data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read-only data retrieval endpoint typical of sports statistics APIs. The minimal blast radius (returning public sports data) supports a low severity classification.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves college football poll rankings data (AP, Coaches, CFP) for a given year and week. The verb 'Get' and the purely data retrieval nature indicate no modification or side effects.
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The rule that runs cfbd_get_rankings safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Sports Hub, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For cfbd_get_rankings, this is the rule to start with:
cfbd_get_rankings is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Sports Hub, apply this rule, and every cfbd_get_rankings call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about cfbd_get_rankings
Get college football poll rankings (AP, Coaches, CFP) for a given year and week. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sports Hub MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sports Hub MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for cfbd_get_rankings: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Sports Hub. Nothing to install.
cfbd_get_rankings is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the cfbd_get_rankings rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for cfbd_get_rankings. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
cfbd_get_rankings is provided by the Sports Hub MCP server (mcp-sports-hub). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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