bowl wins in the last 5 years. (the PAC is 1-5 in NY6 bowl games during the same stretch).
SDSU beat the PAC's champion (but didn't win the MWC championship), is 6-1 over PAC opponents over the last 5 years, and is academically ranked higher than at least three of its surviving members....but the PAC and its proponents still consider the Aztecs as an inferior football program and academic institution...