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