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

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