San Diego State·Mountain West

2025 — The Winning Chapter

San Diego State's 2025 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final result Bowl season Lost the New Mexico Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +0.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Ston Bro 42-0 L @ Wash St 13-36 W vs Califo 34-0 W @ Nort Ill 6-3 W vs Colo Sta 45-24 W @ Nevada 44-10 W @ Fres Sta 23-0 W vs Wyoming 24-7 L @ Hawai'i 6-38 W vs Bois Sta 17-7 W vs San Sta 25-3 L @ New Mex 17-23 L vs Nort Tex 47-49 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2025.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2025 season's largest margin: San Diego State 42, Stony Brook 0. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: San Diego State 6, Hawai'i 38. A 32-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: San Diego State fell to North Texas 47-49 in the postseason.

"Go Aztecs"
— San Diego State fanbase voice · 2025· synthesized
What it meant

2025 is a middle chapter for San Diego State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.