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

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