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