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