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