A look at how local schools fared in the third year of the academic progress report, released Wednesday. Teams must score above 925 or be at risk of penalty.
UTAH
The APR numbers for all 18 of the University of Utah's athletic programs were satisfactory, according to the NCAA, meaning none of Utah's teams will face punishments this year.
Four Ute sports — women's basketball, women's gymnastics, women's swimming and women's tennis — had perfect scores of 1,000 in 2005-06, which means 100 percent of the scholarship athletes remained eligible and either stayed at Utah or received their degrees.
Eight of Utah's teams either showed improvement or maintained a 1,000 score in 2005-06.
Utah's biggest APR problem has been men's basketball, but the program has made consistent progress over the past two years.
The first APR score for men's basketball for the 2003-04 season score was 837, due to players leaving during Rick Majerus' final season. The two-year average improved to 875 last year, and after a 979 score this year, the three-year average has moved up to 912.
The university announced that the cumulative grade point average for the entire Utah athletics department was above 3.00 for the first time ever during the 2006 fall semester, coming in at 3.068.
"I am very pleased with the academic success of our student-athletes this year and the dedication they showed in achieving the highest overall GPA ever last fall," said Utah athletic director Chris Hill. "Just as important to me is that many of our teams either maintained or improved their APR."
BYU
BYU's three-year APR met the required NCAA standard in all men and women's sports with a special recognition cited for the men's basketball team.
In the most visible Cougar sports, football received a three-year 945 rating while basketball had a 994. The lowest rating by a BYU men's team was 939 by volleyball. For the women, basketball had the highest rating (980).
"All of our athletic teams met the required NCAA standard," said BYU athletic department spokesman Duff Tittle . "We feel really good about our report."
The NCAA has honored the BYU men's basketball team with a public recognition award for the Cougars' Academic Progress Rate scores. BYU posted multiyear APR scores in the top 10 percent of all men's basketball teams in the country.
Out of the 336 Division I men's basketball programs in the country, BYU is one of 35 to be honored by the NCAA and the only basketball team from Mountain West Conference to receive the recognition.
UTAH STATE
Wednesday's report showed that Utah State's student-athletes are remaining in school and making progress toward a degree.
"I'm pleased with our APR for this past year but know we can do better," said Dr. Brian Evans, associate athletics director for student-athlete services. "We haven't made the top-10 percent yet with any individual teams, so that is something we'll strive for."
Utah State was one of just four schools in the Western Athletic Conference that did not receive any warnings or scholarship reductions from the NCAA.