Bids By Conference
Twenty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In ten cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Two conferences, Metro Atlantic and Patriot sent a single representative as an at-large team. Twenty-five additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 7 | Southeastern | LSU, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Vanderbilt |
| 4 | Atlantic Coast | North Carolina St., Clemson, Maryland, Virginia |
| 4 | Big Ten | Purdue, Iowa, Michigan St., Northwestern |
| 4 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, Southern California, Washington, Washington St. |
| 3 | Atlantic 10 | Penn St., George Washington, Rutgers |
| 3 | Big West | Long Beach St., Cal St. Fullerton, UNLV |
| 3 | Southwest | Arkansas, Texas, Texas Tech |
| 2 | American South | Louisiana Tech, Lamar |
| 2 | Big East | Connecticut, Providence |
| 2 | Colonial | Richmond, James Madison |
| 2 | Metro | Florida St., South Carolina |
| 1 | Big Eight | Oklahoma St. |
| 1 | Big Sky | Montana |
| 1 | Metro Atlantic | Fairfield |
| 1 | Mid-American | Toledo |
| 1 | Missouri Valley | Missouri St. |
| 1 | North Star | DePaul |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee Tech |
| 1 | Patriot | Holy Cross |
| 1 | Southern | Appalachian St. |
| 1 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1 | Sun Belt | Western Ky. |
| 1 | Western Athletic | Utah |
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