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