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