The violations involved a combined 26 student-athletes in football, men’s basketball, men’s and women’s tennis, baseball, men’s and women’s cross country, women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s track and field, and women’s volleyball. Football vacated wins in the 2012 and ’13 seasons.

The NCAA discovered the incorrect certifications during an NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program audit. The infractions were the result of an unintentional administrative error.

The NCAA has imposed sanctions against Alcorn State for the SWAC university’s failure to monitor its progress-toward-degree certification process, which allowed student-athletes to compete while ineligible.