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