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