NEWS AND NOTES (through games of Oct. 6)
* Winners of four consecutive games overall (tied for the 17th-longest active streak) and five straight home games, San Diego State returns home to play host to Air Force on Friday evening at SDCCU Stadium. This is a matchup of the two programs that met in the 2015 Mountain West title game (won by SDSU, 27-24).
* The Aztecs and Falcons are meeting for the 36th time, with Air Force owning a 19-16 advantage. San Diego State has won the last seven meetings (longest active streak vs. AFA in the nation, counts series since 1980), including four in a row in San Diego. The last Air Force victory in the series came on Sept. 26, 2009.
* Rocky Long owns 11 career victories against the Air Force Academy. That is the most among active coaches nationally (five more than Ken Niumatalolo (Navy) and Gary Patterson (TCU)).
* San Diego State's 4-1 record is rated as the 16th best strength of record according to ESPN. This week, the Aztecs have 24 points in the AP Top 25 poll (good for 29th position) and 25 points in the Coaches Poll (good for 31st position).
* According to Jeff Sagarin's computer rankings, San Diego State has faced the most difficult schedule to date among Mountain West teams and its schedule difficulty ranks 39th nationally.
* The Aztecs are 35-7 in their last 42 overall games and 23-4 in their last 27 games against MW opponents.
* San Diego State owned a +1 turnover margin in Saturday's victory at Boise State. The Aztecs have now won 25 consecutive games when owning a TO advantage. That is the nation's longest active streak, five more than the second-longest streak (Oklahoma, 20).
* Last Saturday, SDSU produced one of the best defensive performances in college football this season, limiting the nation's eighth-ranked total offense to 229 yards (Boise's lowest output since Aug. 31, 2012 and lowest in a home game since Oct. 24, 1998). The 13 points are the fewest scored by the Broncos in at home since Sept. 20, 2012 and fewest regardless of location since Dec. 27, 2016.
* Redshirt freshman cornerback Darren Hall earned Mountain West Defensive Player-of-the-Week honors for the second time this season with a team-high nine tackles (eight solo), an interception, a forced fumble and a sack. Hall posted interceptions on consecutive plays that he was on the field (final defensive snap of overtime win vs. Eastern Michigan and his first play (second offensive series) against Boise State on Saturday).
* According to Pro Football Focus, junior linebacker Kyahva Tezino is the best interior linebacker in the nation. His rating of 20.6 is tops in the nation and his 10 combined sacks/quarterback hits are the most among all linebackers.
* In its last 18 drives defended, San Diego State has allowed the opposition more than 29 yards (in the total drive) just one time. In 10 of those drives, the opponent has gained a total of seven or less yards.
* Junior quarterback Ryan Agnew improved to 3-0 as a starter, playing turnover-free football while passing for 113 yards on just eight completions. Since Jeff Horton took over as offensive coordinator (2015), Agnew has produced three of the top 10 single games in yards per completion (min. 15 att). His average of 14.13 at Boise State is 10th on that list.
Aztecs Play Host to Air Force on Friday Night
