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