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