Despite being excluded from the Mountain West Championship, the Aztecs still have reason to “Finish The Climb”
Thanks (or no thanks) to the San Diego State Aztecs’ (9-3, 6-2 Mountain West) most recent loss to the New Mexico Lobos, their conference championship hopes were in the hands of four nationally recognized metrics: Connelly SP+, ESPN SOR, KPI and SportSource rankings.
Since the Mountain West’s regular season ended with four teams tied for first, metrics and computer rankings were relied upon to determine the championship matchup.