LSU receives one-year probation

The NCAA’s Committee on Infractions released its report into the LSU football program and found the school and/or a former assistant coach and/or non-coaching staff members had committed five major violations, all related to Hicks’ recruitment in 2008 and 2009. The COI accepted LSU's self-imposed sanctions, while also adding three additional penalties: a one-year period of probation, from July 19, 2011, through July 18, 2012; A 10 percent reduction in official visits for football during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 academic years; and a public reprimand and censure. From the NCAA’s release on the COI’s decision:

The investigation began after the university self-reported the violations to the enforcement staff. The committee lauded the university’s compliance staff for its efforts to investigate and uncover the violations.

The committee noted in its report, “The compliance office was proactive, fully investigated and cooperated with the enforcement staff to uncover the full range of the violations.”

Vanderbilt becomes the only SEC school since 1987 to have not committed a major NCAA violation.