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