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