Bids By Conference
Thirty-two conferences earned an automatic bid. In sixteen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-two additional at-large teams were selected from sixteen of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 6 | Southeastern | Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Mississippi, Vanderbilt |
| 5 | Big Ten | Penn St., Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Purdue |
| 5 | Pacific-10 | Southern California, Oregon, Oregon St., Stanford, Washington |
| 4 | Big Eight | Missouri, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma St. |
| 4 | Southwest | Texas, SMU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech |
| 3 | Atlantic 10 | Rutgers, George Washington, St. Joseph’s |
| 3 | Atlantic Coast | North Carolina, Clemson, Virginia |
| 2 | Big East | Connecticut, Seton Hall |
| 2 | Big Sky | Montana, Boise St. |
| 2 | Big West | UNLV, Hawaii |
| 2 | Great Midwest | UAB, Marquette |
| 2 | Metro | Virginia Tech, Southern Miss. |
| 2 | Mid-Continent | Green Bay, Northern Ill. |
| 2 | Missouri Valley | Missouri St., Creighton |
| 2 | Sun Belt | Louisiana Tech, Western Ky. |
| 2 | West Coast | Portland, Santa Clara |
| 1 | Big South | Radford |
| 1 | Colonial | Old Dominion |
| 1 | Ivy | Brown |
| 1 | Metro Atlantic | Loyola Md. |
| 1 | Mid-American | Bowling Green |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | N.C. A&T |
| 1 | Midwestern | Notre Dame |
| 1 | North Atlantic | Vermont |
| 1 | Northeast | Mt. St. Mary’s |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee St. |
| 1 | Patriot | Fordham |
| 1 | Southern | Ga. Southern |
| 1 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1 | Southwestern | Grambling |
| 1 | Trans America | FIU |
| 1 | Western Athletic | San Diego St. |
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