SAN DIEGO - For a school-record seventh straight week, the San Diego State men's basketball team is ranked in the top five of both the Top-25 of the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls, which were release on Monday. San Diego State is No. 5 in both national polls for the second consecutive week.
The program's current nine-week run inside the top-10 is the second longest in program history and trails only the 13-week streak from Dec. 10, 2010 through March 14, 2011. In addition, the Aztecs have spent 13 weeks ranked in the AP Poll which is the third longest stretch for the team trailing only the 19 weeks in 2010-11 and 16 weeks in 2013-14.
This is sixth time in program history the team has been No. 5 in the Coaches Poll. In addition to this and last week, the team was No. 5 for three straight weeks in 2014 (Jan. 27 through Feb. 10) and on March 14, 2011. San Diego State's 680 points in this week's Coaches Poll are just 13 behind No. 4 Baylor (694).
SDSU finished the regular season as the only team in Division I with a single loss (28-1) and is ranked in the AP Poll for the 13th consecutive week this season. The Aztecs' No. 5 ranking is the second highest in program history and the fifth time the team has been at No. 5 (previously Jan. 27 through Feb. 10, 2014 and last week). San Diego State totaled 1,375 points in this week's poll, its eighth straight week totaling more than 1,200 points. Prior to this season, San Diego State had received more than 1,200 points a total of 13 weeks since the 2010-11 season.
After initially appearing in the No. 25 spot in the AP Poll on Dec. 9, the Aztecs climbed to No. 20, No. 15, No. 13, into the top-10 with back-to-back weekly rankings at No. 7, five straight weeks at No. 4 and now two weeks at No. 5.
Today's poll ranking, released on March 2, marks the fourth time that SDSU has appeared in the AP Top-25 on this date and is the highest ranking for the program on this date.
March 2, 2011 No. 9 (NCAA Tournament Sweet-16 appearance w/ Kawhi Leonard)
March 2, 2012 No. 21
March 2, 2014 No. 13 (NCAA Tournament Sweet-16 appearance)
Overall, this marks the 79th week the program has been ranked in the AP Top-25 and all have come since the start of the 2010-11 season. Those 79 weeks are the 21st most for any school in the nation in that time frame; ahead of Maryland and Oregon (72 weeks), Indiana (62 weeks) and UCLA (44 weeks). This week's No. 5 ranking marks the 30th time the program has appeared in the AP Top-10.
In addition, the latest NET (NCAA Evaluation Tool), which replaced RPI this year as the primary sorting tool for evaluating teams during the Division I men's basketball season, ranks the Aztecs No. 4 in the nation. San Diego State has spent the most days at No. 1, 45 in total, and has multiple double-digit consecutive days in the No. 1 spot. Kansas has occupied the No. 1 spot for the last nine days, ending the Aztecs' 24-day streak at the top of the ranking. Earlier in the season, from Dec. 22, 2019 to Jan. 7, 2020, the team enjoyed a streak of 17 straight days at No. 1. NET relies on game results, strength of schedule, game location, scoring margin, net offensive and defensive efficiency, and the quality of wins and losses to create its rankings.
San Diego State opens play in the 2020 Air Force Reserve Mountain West Men's Basketball Championship as the tournament's No. 1-seed on Thursday, March 5 at 11:30 a.m. PT in Las Vegas' Thomas and Mack Center. Single game tickets and all-session passes are available through the Thomas and Mack Center.
Men’s Hoops Spends Second Week at No. 5/5
