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 21 22 23 24 25 All
1 1-0 - - - 0-1 - - - 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 - - - - - - - 1-0 - - - 1-0 ....7-1
2 0-1 0-1 1-0 - 1-0 - - - - - 0-1 - - 1-0 - - 0-1 1-0 - - - - - - ....4-4
3 - 1-0 0-1 - - - - 1-0 - - 0-1 - - - - - - - - - 1-0 - 1-0 - ....4-2
4 - 0-1 1-0 - - - 0-1 - - - 0-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - ....1-3
5 - - - - 0-1 - - - - - 0-1 1-0 1-0 - - - 0-2 - 0-1 - 1-0 1-0 - 1-0 ....5-5
6 1-0 0-1 - - 1-0 1-1 - - - 1-0 1-0 - - - - - 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 - - - ....10-3
7 - - - - - 1-1 - 0-1 - - 1-0 - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 - - ....3-2
8 - - - 1-0 - - - - - - - 1-2 - - - 0-1 0-1 - - - - - - 1-0 ....3-4
9 - - 0-1 - - - 1-0 - 0-1 2-0 - - - - - - 1-0 - 1-0 - - - - - ....5-2
10 0-1 - - - - - - - 1-0 - - - 1-0 0-1 1-0 - - 1-1 - - - - - 1-0 ....5-3
11 0-1 - - - - 0-1 - - 0-2 - 0-1 - - - - - - - - 0-1 - - - - ....0-6
12 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 - - - 1-0 0-1 - 1-0 1-0 - - 1-0 - - - - - - ....8-4
13 0-1 - - - 0-1 - - 2-1 - - - 1-0 0-1 - - - - - - - 0-1 - 1-0 - ....4-5
14 - - - - 0-1 - - - - 0-1 - - 1-0 - 0-1 - - - - - - - 1-0 - ....2-3
15 - 0-1 - - - - - - - 1-0 - 0-1 - - - - 0-1 - - - - - - - ....1-3
16 - - - - - - - - - 0-1 - 0-1 - 1-0 - - - - - - - 1-0 - - ....2-2
17 - - - - - - - 1-0 - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 0-1 - 1-0 - - ....3-1
18 - 1-0 - - 2-0 0-1 - 1-0 0-1 - - - - - 1-0 - - - - - 1-0 0-1 - - ....6-3
19 - 0-1 - - - 1-1 - - - 1-1 - 0-1 - - - - - - - 1-0 - - - - ....3-4
20 - - - - 1-0 0-1 - - 0-1 - - - - - - - 0-1 - - - 1-0 1-0 - - ....3-3
21 0-1 - - - - 0-1 - - - - 1-0 - - - - - 1-0 - 0-1 - - - 1-0 - ....3-3
22 - - 0-1 - 0-1 0-1 - - - - - - 1-0 - - - - 0-1 - 0-1 - - - 2-0 ....3-5
23 - - - - 0-1 - 0-1 - - - - - - - - 0-1 0-1 1-0 - 0-1 - - - - ....1-5
24 - - 0-1 - - - - - - - - - 0-1 0-1 - - - - - - 0-1 - - - ....0-4
25 0-1 - - - 0-1 - - 0-1 - 0-1 - - - - - - - - - - - 0-2 - - ....0-6
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All 1-7 4-4 2-4 3-1 5-5 3-10 2-3 4-3 2-5 3-5 6-0 4-8 5-4 3-2 3-1 2-2 1-3 3-6 4-3 3-3 3-3 5-3 5-1 4-0 6-0