This has been a long time coming. The last time the San Diego State Aztecs were ranked in the AP Top 25 was in 1995, and they were ranked 25th. That makes this appointment 21 years in the making, and everybody in the NCAA agrees it is much deserved.
San Diego State is on a 13 game winning streak spanning back to the start of 2015 in-conference play. The Aztecs ran the table winning by an average 24.8 points; won the MW Championship against a very formidable Air Force, and then dismantled Cincinnati in the Hawaii Bowl 42-7.