The university has organized facilities for baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer, tennis, softball, and swimming. It
competes in NCAA Division I (I-A for football). Its primary conference is the Mountain West Conference; its men's gymnastics and women's water polo
teams participate in the Mountain
Pacific Sports Federation.The school colors are scarlet and black, SDSU's athletic teams are nicknamed "Aztecs", and its current mascot is the Aztec Warrior, unofficially known as
Monty Montezuma.