ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --- After New Mexico's 21-16 win in San Jose over the Spartans, accomplishing something UNM hadn't done in 57 years, the Lobos ended another big streak on Sunday.

UNM was ranked No. 22 in the Associated Press poll and No. 25 in the AFCA Coaches Poll. The AP Poll ranking marked New Mexico's first-ever ranking since the poll's inception in 1936. UNM's No. 25 ranking in the Coaches Poll was its first since 1997.

Until noon today, the Lobos had been one of 22 programs that had never been nationally ranked, but 179 points later, UNM has been removed from that list. UNM had been ranked twice before, but both times were in the Coaches Poll, and both times the rankings came out on December 1.

In 1964, UNM tied for 16th in the final poll with Illinois, and in 1997, UNM ranked 25th in the final regular-season poll.

The Lobos have only played once as a ranked team, losing the WAC title game 41-13 to No. 20 Colorado State in Las Vegas.

ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL

RANK	SCHOOL	POINTS	RECORD	PREVIOUS RANKING
1	Miami (FL) (62)	1,740	8-0	1
2	Georgia (7)	1,648	7-1	3
3	Utah (1)	1,540	8-0	6
4	Notre Dame	1,476	7-1	5
5	UCLA	1,473	8-0	7
6	Indiana	1,446	8-1	8
7	BYU	1,358	7-1	8
8	Kentucky	1,253	7-1	9
9	Alabama	1,107	6-2	10
10	Texas	1,057	6-2	11
11	Ohio State	1,049	6-2	20
12	Ole Miss	953	6-2	12
13	Texas Tech	931	7-1	13
14	Wake Forest	898	7-1	14
15	LSU	814	6-2	15
16	Tennessee	719	6-2	16
17	Houston	590	6-2	16
18	USC	539	7-2	31
19	Missouri	475	6-2	15
20	Boise State	451	7-1	20
21	Iowa	401	6-2	26
22	New Mexico	179	7-1	27
23	South Carolina	163	5-3	16
24	Arizona	154	6-2	22
25	Florida	94	5-3	17

Others receiving votes: Northwestern 79, Oregon 55, UTSA 43, SMU 27, Virginia Tech 12, Duke 10, Minnesota 8, Liberty 4, Oklahoma State 3, Louisville 1

AFCA COACHES POLL

Rank	School (1st votes)	Pts.	Prev.	Rec.
1	Miami (Fla.) (68)	1818	1	8-0
2	Georgia (4)	1719	3	7-1
3	Indiana	1597	4	8-1
4	Utah	1590	5	8-0
5	UCLA	1501	7	8-0
6	Notre Dame	1498	6	7-1
7	Kentucky (1)	1344	8	7-1
8	BYU	1278	9	7-1
9	Alabama	1131	10	6-2
10	Ohio State	1101	2	6-2
11	Texas	1057	11	6-2
12	Mississippi	1034	12	6-2
13	Texas Tech	962	14	7-1
14	Wake Forest	897	15	7-1
15	LSU	886	13	6-2
16	Tennessee	761	17	6-2
17	USC	570	25	7-2
18	Houston	556	19	6-2
19	Missouri	488	23	6-2
20	Iowa	448	24	6-2
21	Boise State	445	22	7-1
22	Arizona	174	21	6-2
23	Northwestern	150	18	6-2
24	SMU	146	16	6-2
25	New Mexico	119	NR	7-1

Dropped out: No. 20 Florida (5-3).

Others receiving votes: South Carolina (5-3) 91; Florida (5-3) 81; Duke (6-2) 76; UTSA (7-1) 76; Virginia Tech (6-2) 53; Oregon (5-3) 41; Minnesota (5-3) 10; Oklahoma State (5-3) 9; Liberty (7-1) 6; North Texas (6-2) 4; Wisconsin (5-3) 3; Memphis (7-2) 2; Cincinnati (5-3) 1; Nebraska (5-3) 1; North Dakota State (7-2) 1.