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