Human and computer polls apparently aren’t quite as excited about San Diego State basketball this season as coach Brian Dutcher is.

“I don’t know all these other teams,” Dutcher said. “But I know my team, and this is a really good team.”

Not good enough, though, to be in the Associated Press preseason top 25 and no higher than No. 30 in three major computer metrics that have released projections for the 2025-26 campaign.

The Aztecs, expected to be an overwhelming favorite to win the Mountain West, are third among others receiving votes in the AP poll released Monday morning, the equivalent of 28th overall. (The Union-Tribune ranked them No. 20 on its ballot.)

The Kenpom metric has them at 30, Evan Miyakawa’s computer model at 43, Bart Torvik’s model at 45. The only team from a mid-majo

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