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