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