AP No. 1 vs. No. 2
The top two teams in the AP poll have gone head-to-head 38 times. The No. 1 team has prevailed 21 times.
No. 2 Tennessee defeats No. 1 Memphis 66-62| Date | Site | Final result |
| Feb. 23, 2008 | Memphis, Tenn. | No. 2 Tennessee 66, No. 1 Memphis 62 |
| Feb. 25, 2007 | Columbus, Ohio | No. 2 Ohio State 49, No. 1 Wisconsin 48 |
| Dec. 10, 2005 | East Rutherford, N.J. | No. 1 Duke 97, No. 2 Texas 66 |
| April 4, 2005 | St. Louis (NCAA final) | No. 2 North Carolina 75, No. 1 Illinois 70 |
| March 27, 1999 | St. Petersburg, Fla. (NCAA semis) | No. 1 Duke 68, No. 2 Michigan State 62 |
| Feb. 5, 1998 | Chapel Hill, N.C. | No. 2 North Carolina 97, No. 1 Duke 73 |
| March 30, 1996 | East Rutherford, N.J. (NCAA semis) | No. 2 Kentucky 81, No. 1 Massachusetts 74 |
| Feb. 3, 1994 | Chapel Hill, N.C. | No. 2 North Carolina 89, No. 1 Duke 78 |
| Feb. 10, 1991 | Fayetteville, Ark. | No. 1 UNLV 112, No. 2 Arkansas 105 |
| March 10, 1990 | Kansas City, Mo. (Big Eight semis) | No. 1 Oklahoma 95, No. 2 Kansas 77 |
| Feb. 13, 1990 | Lawrence, Kan. | No. 2 Missouri 77, No. 1 Kansas 71 |
| March 29, 1986 | Dallas (NCAA semis) | No. 1 Duke 71, No. 2 Kansas 67 |
| Feb. 4, 1986 | Atlanta | No. 1 North Carolina 78, No. 2 Georgia Tech 77, OT |
| March 9, 1985 | New York (Big East final) | No. 1 Georgetown 92, No. 2 St. John's 80 |
| Feb. 27, 1985 | New York | No. 2 Georgetown 85, No. 1 St. John's 69 |
| Dec. 15, 1984 | Landover, Md. | No. 1 Georgetown 77, No. 2 DePaul 57 |
| April 2, 1983 | Albuquerque, N.M. (NCAA semis) | No. 1 Houston 94, No. 2 Louisville 81 |
| Jan. 9, 1982 | Chapel Hill, N.C. | No. 1 North Carolina 65, No. 2 Virginia 60 |
| Dec. 26, 1981 | East Rutherford, N.J. | No. 1 North Carolina 82, No. 2 Kentucky 69 |
| March 20, 1976 | Baton Rouge, La. (NCAA Mideast final) | No. 1 Indiana 65, No. 2 Marquette 56 |
| Nov. 29, 1975 | St. Louis | No. 1 Indiana 84, No. 2 UCLA 64 |
| March 31, 1975 | San Diego (NCAA final) | No. 1 UCLA 92, No. 2 Kentucky 85 |
| March 25, 1974 | Greensboro, N.C. (NCAA semis) | No. 1 North Carolina State 80, No. 2 UCLA 77 |
| Jan. 26, 1974 | Los Angeles | No. 2 UCLA 94, No. 1 Notre Dame 75 |
| Jan. 19, 1974 | South Bend, Ind. | No. 2 Notre Dame 71, No. 1 UCLA 70 |
| Dec. 15, 1973 | St. Louis | No. 1 UCLA 84, No. 2 North Carolina State 66 |
| March 22, 1968 | Los Angeles (NCAA semis) | No. 2 UCLA 101, No. 1 Houston 69 |
| Jan. 20, 1968 | Houston | No. 2 Houston 71, No. 1 UCLA 69 |
| March 18, 1966 | College Park, Md. (NCAA semis) | No. 1 Kentucky 83, No. 2 Duke 79 |
| March 20, 1965 | Portland, Ore. (NCAA final) | No. 2 UCLA 91, No. 1 Michigan 80 |
| Dec. 14, 1964 | Detroit | No. 2 Michigan 87, No. 1 Wichita State 85 |
| March 24, 1962 | Louisivlle, Ky. (NCAA final) | No. 2 Cincinnati 71, No. 1 Ohio State 59 |
| March 25, 1961 | Kansas City, Mo. (NCAA final) | No. 2 Cincinnati 70, No. 1 Ohio State 65, OT |
| March 18, 1960 | San Francisco (NCAA semis) | No. 2 California 77, No. 1 Cincinnati 69 |
| March 23, 1957 | Kansas City, Mo. (NCAA semis) | No. 1 North Carolina 54, No. 2 Kansas 53 |
| Dec. 21, 1954 | Lexington, Ky. | No. 1 Kentucky 70, No. 2 Utah 65 |
| Dec. 17, 1951 | Lexington, Ky. | No. 1 Kentucky 81, No. 2 St. John's 40 |
| March 26, 1949 | Seattle (NCAA final) | No. 1 Kentucky 46, No. 2 Oklahoma State 36 |
