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