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