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