The NCAA's yearly Academic Progress Rate scores are in and three Auburn sports failed to make the grade: men's basketball, men's swimming and men's track.

The basketball team self-imposed the penalty last season and will have all of its scholarships available next season. Men's swimming was docked .99 of a scholarship (it is normally allowed 9.9) and men's track lost .03 of a scholarship (it is normally allowed 12.6).

“We are committed to ensuring that every student-athlete in every sport at Auburn is given the support they need to succeed academically," Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs said in a quote released by the school. "While we are pleased that 18 of our 21 sports met the NCAA’s benchmark for academic progress, we will not be satisfied until all of our sports reach this level. Failure to meet the benchmarks set forth by the NCAA under its academic reform program is unacceptable. In this case, we decided to be aggressive in getting this behind us, so the penalties have already been taken for the current academic year.

“Our most important academic goal is the graduation of our student-athletes, and we are committed to seeing that they have every opportunity to earn their degrees.”

The APR was designed by the NCAA to measure academic progress. It allocates points for eligibility and retention. Basically, you get a point for every player that's academically eligible and a point for every player that stays at the school. The APR is the total points a team earns, divided by the total points possible, multiplied by 1,000.

The numbers released Wednesday are from a four-year period that ended with the 2007-08 academic year. Teams below an APR of 925 are subject to scholarship losses. A perfect score is 1,000.

Here's a link to a pdf of Auburn's team page. Here's an NCAA link in case you feel like looking up other schools.

These are Auburn's scores by sport:

MEN
Golf 967
Tennis 962
Football 949
Cross country 939
Baseball 938
Swimming 920
Basketball 899
Indoor track 894
Outdoor track 892

WOMEN
Golf 992
Cross country 978
Gymnastics 976
Soccer 976
Volleyball 967
Swimming 961
Softball 958
Tennis 957
Basketball 950
Indoor track 942
Outdoor track 941

And just for fun, here are all of the scores for the SEC's football teams:

FOOTBALL
Georgia 976
Vanderbilt 969
Florida 963
LSU 960
Alabama 955
Auburn 949
Tennessee 949
Kentucky 948
Mississippi State 933
South Carolina 929
Arkansas 927
Ole Miss 910 (three scholarships lost)

Apparently, Ole Miss was expecting today's news.