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