Alabama was left out of an ESPN report about academic bonus payments, but UA athletes are being compensated, according to athletic department representatives.

Wednesday afternoon, ESPN published a report by Dan Murphy about the academic bonus payments (up to $5,980 per year) allowed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the NCAA v. Alston case. ESPN said it surveyed 130 FBS athletic departments about Alston payments. Alabama was not one of the 22 schools listed as paying academic bonuses.

Nick Saban addressed the matter in the opening statement of his Wednesday press conference.

“The Alston money, we pay our players that,” Saban said. “We paid them last semester, we’re paying them this semester. I don’t know where some of those things come from.”

Nick Kelly of The Tuscaloosa News shared an explanation from the Alabama athletic department. An Alabama athletic department spokesperson said UA filled out the required fields of ESPN’s survey. Filling in the name of the institution, however, was not one of the required fields. Alabama’s responses were not attributed to the school, resulting in UA’s absence from Murphy’s report. Alabama AD Greg Byrne also told ESPN’s Pete Thamel that the school makes Alston payments.

Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Tennessee are listed among the schools paying academic bonuses in ESPN’s report.