SAN DIEGO – Running its record to 5-0, following an 80-68 victory at No. 23 Arizona State last Thursday, San Diego State's men's basketball team moved up six spots, to No. 18, in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and made its debut in the USA Today Coaches Poll at No. 20. The Aztecs earned 455 points in the AP poll and garnered 209 points in the Coaches poll, and is the only Mountain West school ranked in either poll.
The Aztecs are 5-0 for the second consecutive season, the third time in 10 seasons, and along with Gonzaga, Kansas, Missouri and Villanova, are the only teams with two victories this season against AP Top 25 teams. Those two wins for SDSU came against No. 22 UCLA, 73-58, in the season opener and last Thursday at No. 23 Arizona State.
The team's six spot jump in the AP is the largest move inside the poll this week and matches SDSU's biggest one-week move since going from No. 13 to No. 7 on Jan. 6, 2020. It also marks the 83rd week San Diego State has been ranked in the AP Top 25, and the Aztecs have been nationally ranked in 17 of the last 19 polls.
San Diego State is ranked No. 18 for the sixth time in school history. SDSU has appeared in every position in the poll between No. 4 and No. 25, except for No. 12.
Today's poll ranking, released on Dec. 14, marks the sixth time SDSU has appeared in the AP Top 25 on this date and it equals the second highest ranking for the program on this date.
Dec. 14, 2010 No. 11
Dec. 14, 1012 No. 18
Dec. 14, 2013 No. 25
Dec. 14, 2014 No. 18
Dec. 14, 2019 No. 25
Dec 14, 2020 No. 18
The Aztecs return to action on Friday, Dec. 18 on Steve Fisher Court at Viejas Arena against Brigham Young. Tip is scheduled for 2 p.m. PT and then the team wraps up nonconference play on Tuesday, Dec. 22 against the Saint Mary's Gaels. That game will be a neutral site affair, in Mott Athletics Center on the campus of Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Both contests will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
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Aztecs To No. 18 In AP; Debut At No. 20 In Coaches
