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