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