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