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