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 21 22 23 24 25 All
1 1-1 - 0-1 0-1 1-0 - - - 0-1 - - - - - 1-0 - - - - - - - - - ....3-4
2 1-1 - - - - - - 2-0 - 1-0 - - - 1-0 - - - - - 1-0 - - - - ....6-1
3 - - - - - - - 0-1 - 0-1 - 0-1 - - 1-0 1-0 - - - 1-0 - 0-1 - - ....3-4
4 1-0 - - 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-2 - - - - - - 1-1 1-0 1-0 - - - - - - 0-1 - ....5-7
5 1-0 - - 1-0 - - 0-1 - - - 0-1 - - - 0-1 1-0 - - 0-1 - - - - - ....3-4
6 0-1 - - 1-0 - 1-0 1-1 - - - - - - 1-0 - - 1-0 - 0-1 - - - - - ....5-3
7 - - - 1-1 - 0-1 - - 1-1 0-1 1-0 - - 1-1 - - 1-0 - 1-0 - - - 0-1 3-0 ....9-6
8 - - - 2-0 1-0 1-1 - 0-1 - - - 1-0 0-1 1-0 - - - - - - - - - 0-1 ....6-4
9 - 0-2 1-0 - - - - 1-0 0-1 - - - - - - 1-0 - 1-1 1-0 - - - - 1-0 ....6-4
10 1-0 - - - - - 1-1 - 1-0 - - - - - - 0-1 - - - - - - - - ....3-2
11 - 0-1 1-0 - - - 1-0 - - - 1-1 - - - - - - - 1-0 - 1-0 - - - ....5-2
12 - - - - 1-0 - 0-1 - - - 1-1 - 0-1 - - 1-1 - - - 0-1 - - - - ....3-5
13 - - 1-0 - - - - 0-1 - - - - - - 1-0 - - 1-0 - 0-1 - - - 0-1 ....3-3
14 - - - - - - - 1-0 - - - 1-0 - - - 1-0 - - 1-0 - - 0-1 - - ....4-1
15 - 0-1 - 1-1 - 0-1 1-1 0-1 - - - - - - 0-1 - - 0-1 0-1 0-1 - - - 1-0 ....3-9
16 0-1 - 0-1 0-1 1-0 - - - - - - - 0-1 - 1-0 - - - - - - 0-1 1-0 - ....3-5
17 - - 0-1 0-1 0-1 - - - 0-1 1-0 - 1-1 - 0-1 - - - - - - - 0-1 - 1-1 ....3-8
18 - - - - - 0-1 0-1 - - - - - - - - - - 0-1 - - 1-0 1-0 - 0-1 ....2-4
19 - - - - - - - - 1-1 - - - 0-1 - 1-0 - - 1-0 - - 0-1 - - - ....3-3
20 - - - - 1-0 1-0 0-1 - 0-1 - 0-1 - - 0-1 1-0 - - - - - - - - - ....3-4
21 - 0-1 0-1 - - - - - - - - 1-0 1-0 - 1-0 - - - - - - 1-0 1-0 - ....5-2
22 - - - - - - - - - - 0-1 - - - - - - 0-1 1-0 - - - - - ....1-2
23 - - 1-0 - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 - 1-0 1-0 0-1 - - 0-1 - - - ....4-2
24 - - - 1-0 - - 1-0 - - - - - - - - 0-1 - - - - 0-1 - - - ....2-2
25 - - - - - - 0-3 1-0 0-1 - - - 1-0 - 0-1 - 1-1 1-0 - - - - - - ....4-6
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All 4-3 1-6 4-3 7-5 4-3 3-5 6-9 4-6 4-6 2-3 2-5 5-3 3-3 1-4 9-3 5-3 8-3 4-2 3-3 4-3 2-5 2-1 2-4 2-2 6-4