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