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