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