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
Use our Team Game Finder to make custom searches for ranked opponents and other criteria.
AP Top 25 Matchups
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | All | ||
1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | - | - | 1-0 | 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | 1-0 | - | 1-0 | - | - | 1-0 | 2-0 | .... | 11-2 | |
2 | 2-2 | - | - | 1-0 | 1-0 | - | - | 0-1 | - | 1-0 | 1-0 | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | - | - | - | .... | 7-3 | |
3 | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | 0-1 | - | - | 2-0 | - | - | - | - | .... | 3-2 | |
4 | - | - | - | 1-1 | - | - | 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | 1-1 | - | - | - | .... | 4-2 | |
5 | - | 0-1 | - | 1-1 | - | - | 0-1 | - | 0-1 | - | - | - | 1-0 | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | .... | 3-5 | |
6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | - | 1-0 | - | - | 1-0 | - | - | .... | 7-3 | |
7 | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0-1 | 1-0 | - | 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .... | 2-2 | |
8 | - | - | - | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | - | 1-0 | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-1 | 1-0 | - | - | - | .... | 3-4 | |
9 | - | 1-0 | - | - | - | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | - | - | 0-1 | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | - | .... | 4-3 | |
10 | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | - | 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .... | 3-2 | |
11 | - | 0-1 | 0-1 | - | - | 0-1 | - | - | - | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .... | 0-4 | |
12 | - | 0-1 | - | - | - | 0-1 | 0-1 | - | 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | - | 1-0 | - | .... | 3-3 | |
13 | 0-1 | - | 1-0 | - | - | 0-1 | - | - | 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | .... | 3-2 | |
14 | 0-1 | - | - | - | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .... | 0-2 | |
15 | - | - | - | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | 0-2 | - | - | .... | 2-4 | |
16 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | - | - | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .... | 1-5 | |
17 | - | - | - | 1-1 | - | - | - | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0-1 | - | - | 1-1 | 1-0 | .... | 3-4 | |
18 | - | - | - | - | - | 0-1 | - | - | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2-0 | - | - | - | - | .... | 2-2 | |
19 | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | 1-1 | - | - | .... | 1-3 | |
20 | 0-2 | - | - | - | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0-1 | - | - | - | 0-1 | - | - | .... | 0-5 | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
All | 2-11 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 5-3 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 4-0 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 4-2 | 5-1 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 5-0 |
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