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