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