[10] During the construction of Snapdragon Stadium, the Aztecs played the 2020 and 2021 seasons at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.

Aztec basketball alumni who became more famous outside the sport include 1930s player Art Linkletter, who went on to an illustrious entertainment career that spanned more than 70 years, and Tony Gwynn, who also played baseball at San Diego State and opted for that sport professionally, ending up in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

In the 2010–11 season, the men's team had a record of 32–2 to capture a share of the Mountain West Conference title.

The only losses of the regular season were to another top 10 ranked team, BYU, who the Aztecs later beat to win the conference tournament.

The Aztecs reached the Elite Eight, Final Four, and the National Championship for the first time during the 2022–23 season, where they finished runner-up to UConn.

[15] The San Diego State men's soccer team competes in the Western Athletic Conference.

In 1987, the Aztecs reached the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Final, losing in the game by a score of 0–2 to Clemson.

[26] The Aztecs women's volleyball team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 13–14 through fourteen appearances.

In the past, San Diego State, like most American universities, has sponsored several additional varsity sports programs to those currently offered.

Budgeting and Title IX equity challenges have been cited as the primary reasons for these programs being cut.

Water Polo Despite coming off a season in which the team was ranked in the top 10 nationally, the men's water polo team, along with other programs, was cut, due to a combination of a lack in athletic department funding, Proposition 13's passage, and necessity to comply with Title IX.

[52][53] Field Hockey Gymnastics The women's rowing team, which had last competed in the American Athletic Conference, was discontinued following the 2020–21 academic year due to ongoing Title IX gender equity challenges and financial stress on the athletics department brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The San Diego State Aztecs have competed in the NCAA tournament across 16 active sports (6 men's and 10 women's) 191 times at the Division I FBS level.

[58] The Aztecs of San Diego State have earned 1 NCAA national championship at the Division I level.

[42] The Aztecs also claimed 3 national team titles at the varsity level while a member of NCAA Division II that were not bestowed by the NCAA (being awarded instead by sponsors of College Division football polls): Basketball (1): 1941 (NAIA) SDSU's cheerleading and dance teams have won national championships.