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