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