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