Aztecs Move Up to No. 21 in College Football Poll

San Diego State continues to move up the polls in college football. The Aztecs have risen to No. 21 in the Associated Press poll, up two spots.

The Aztecs (1-0-1) climbed two notches despite being idle last week and will likely move higher if they can beat No. 11 UCLA on Saturday.

The Aztecs already have beaten one top-25 team this year: Brigham Young (formerly 25th, no longer ranked). The Bruins (2-0) defeated BYU, 17-10, Saturday and moved up from 15th in the rankings. USC, which tied the Aztecs, 31-31, Sept. 5, makes its first appearance in the poll at 22 after surprising Oklahoma, 20-10, on Saturday. The Sooners (2-1) fell from 13th to 20th.

WATER POLO

Mike Nalu scored five goals as UCSD defeated Air Force, 9-6, in the UC Irvine Tournament, but the Tritons did not place. Pepperdine beat USC, 6-5, for the championship. The other UCSD scores were by Gary Seelhorst, Richard Romero, Kevin Vance and Reid Conant.

MEN’S SOCCER

Kevin Legg’s goal with 10:17 remaining gave the University of San Diego a 2-1 victory over Florida International and the championship of the MetLife Classic at Torero Stadium. Chugger Adair, senior forward from Chula Vista, was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row. He scored the first goal for USD. All three goals were scored with less than 15 minutes left.

UC San Diego fell to Cal State Stanislaus, 2-1, at Triton Stadium after Robert Sargisian scored twice for the Warriors, the second coming with 6:17 left in overtime.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

J.C. Leitner’s goal at the 9:43 mark was all UC Irvine needed to defeat USD, 1-0, in Irvine.