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