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