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