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