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