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