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