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