Note that the AP has ranked a variable number of teams since it began in 1948-49.

 1948-49 through 1960-61: top 20
 1961-62 through 1963-64: top 10
 1964-65: top 10, except for preseason which was top 20
 1965-66 through 1967-68: top 10
 1968-69 through 1988-89: top 20
 1989-90 through present: top 25

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AP Top 25 Matchups

AP Top 25 Matchups Table
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 All
1 0-1 - - - - - - - 0-1 - 0-1 - - - 1-0 - - - - ....1-3
2 1-0 - 1-0 - - 0-1 - - 0-1 1-0 - - 1-0 - 1-0 - - - - ....5-2
3 - - 1-0 - - - 0-1 0-1 - - - - - - - - - - - ....1-2
4 - 0-1 0-1 0-1 - - 1-1 - 0-2 - - 1-0 - 0-1 - - - - 0-1 ....2-8
5 - - - 1-0 0-1 - 0-1 1-0 - 0-1 - - - - - - - 1-0 0-1 ....3-4
6 - - - - 1-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-3 - ....3-3
7 - 1-0 - - - - - - - - - 1-0 - 1-0 - - - - - ....3-0
8 - - 1-0 1-1 1-0 - - - 1-0 - - - - 1-0 - - - - - ....5-1
9 - - 1-0 - 0-1 - - - - - 0-1 - - - - 0-2 - - - ....1-4
10 1-0 1-0 - 2-0 - - - 0-1 - - - - - - - - 1-0 1-0 - ....6-1
11 - 0-1 - - 1-0 - - - - - - 1-0 - 1-0 - 1-0 - - - ....4-1
12 1-0 - - - - - - - 1-0 - - - 1-0 - - - - - 1-0 ....4-0
13 - - - 0-1 - - 0-1 - - - 0-1 - 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 - - ....2-6
14 - 0-1 - - - - - - - - - 0-1 1-0 - 0-1 - - - 0-1 ....1-4
15 - - - 1-0 - - 0-1 0-1 - - 0-1 - 1-0 - - - - - 1-0 ....3-3
16 0-1 0-1 - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 1-0 - - - - - ....2-2
17 - - - - - - - - 2-0 - 0-1 - 0-1 - - - - 1-0 - ....3-2
18 - - - - - - - - - 0-1 - - - - - - - - - ....0-1
19 - - - - 0-1 3-2 - - - 0-1 - - - - - - 0-1 - 1-0 ....4-5
20 - - - 1-0 1-0 - - - - - - 0-1 - 1-0 0-1 - - - 0-1 ....3-3
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All 3-1 2-5 2-1 8-2 4-3 3-3 0-3 1-5 4-1 1-6 1-4 0-4 6-2 4-1 3-3 2-2 2-3 1-0 5-4 3-3