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

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