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