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