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