Bids By Conference
Nineteen conferences earned an automatic bid. In seven cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Two conferences, Southland and American South sent a single representative as an at-large team. One team earned an at-large bid as an Independent Twenty-six additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 6 | Southeastern | Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi, Tennessee, Vanderbilt |
| 4 | Big West | Cal St Fullerton, Hawaii, Long Beach St, UNLV |
| 4 | Atlantic Coast | Clemson, Maryland, North Carolina St, Virginia |
| 4 | Atlantic 10 | Rutgers, St Joseph’s, Temple, West Virginia |
| 3 | Metro | Cincinnati, South Carolina, Southern Miss |
| 3 | Big Ten | Iowa, Ohio St, Purdue |
| 3 | Big East | Connecticut, Providence, Villanova |
| 2 | Sun Belt | Old Dominion, Western Ky |
| 2 | Southwest | Arkansas, Texas |
| 2 | Southland | Northwestern St, Stephen F Austin |
| 2 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, Washington |
| 2 | Metro Atlantic | Holy Cross, La Salle |
| 2 | Big Eight | Colorado, Oklahoma St |
| 1 | Southern | Chattanooga |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee Tech |
| 1 | Missouri Valley | Illinois St |
| 1 | Mid-American | Bowling Green |
| 1 | Independent | Miami |
| 1 | High Country | Utah |
| 1 | Colonial | James Madison |
| 1 | Big Sky | Montana |
| 1 | American South | Louisiana Tech |
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