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