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