San Diego State Aztecs rise to No. 5 in the latest Top 25 poll’s

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San Diego State Aztecs joined the Top 5 this week, rising to No. 5 in both the Associated Press and Coaches Top 25 poll this week.

San Diego State passed VIllanova and Michigan State to move up to No. 5 in the poll’s. Now the only teams ahead of the San Diego State Aztecs are Arizona, Syracuse, Wichita St. and Florida.

It’s San Diego States highest ranking in the AP poll once again since the 2010-11 season, when the Aztecs were ranked No. 6 entering the NCAA Tournament. The Aztecs are now one spot off their highest ranking in school history, as the Aztecs were ranked No. 4 in the nation at one point during the 34-3 season. In program history the Aztecs are 26-3 all-time as a Top 10 team.

The Aztecs also continue to be the highest ranked team on the west coast, with no other west coast team ranked in the Top 25 poll’s.

The Aztecs dominated San Jose State Wednesday 75-50 to increase it’s win streak to 39 against teams from the state of California and Utah State Saturday in Overtime 74-69. Xavier Thames scored a career -high 31 points, with 10 of them coming in overtime to help lead the Aztecs to victory.

The Aztecs also improved to 7-0 in Mountain West conference play for the first time in 44 seasons at the Division I level. San Diego State now has won 17 straight games, which continues to be the second-longest win streak in program history. The 17-game win streak is the fourth-longest active streak nationally, trailing only Wichita State (21), Arizona (19) and Syracuse (19).

The Aztecs are now (18-1) on the season and will host Colorado State on Saturday at 4pm. The game will be broadcasted on ESPNU.

The Aztecs were ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll and No. 7 in the Coaches Top 25 poll last week.