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