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