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