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