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