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