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