Bids By Conference
Thirty conferences earned an automatic bid. In nineteen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-four additional at-large teams were selected from eleven of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 6 | Southeastern | Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Vanderbilt |
| 5 | Atlantic Coast | North Carolina, Clemson, Duke, North Carolina St., Virginia |
| 5 | Big Ten | Purdue, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin |
| 5 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, Washington |
| 5 | Western Athletic | New Mexico, Colorado St., Hawaii, SMU, Utah |
| 4 | Big 12 | Texas Tech, Iowa St., Kansas, Nebraska |
| 4 | Big East | Connecticut, Miami, Notre Dame, Rutgers |
| 4 | Conference USA | Memphis, Louisville, Marquette, Tulane |
| 3 | Atlantic 10 | Virginia Tech, George Washington, Massachusetts |
| 2 | Missouri Valley | Drake, Missouri St. |
| 2 | Sun Belt | Louisiana Tech, Western Ky. |
| 1 | America East | Maine |
| 1 | Big Sky | Montana |
| 1 | Big South | Liberty |
| 1 | Big West | UC Santa Barb. |
| 1 | Colonial | Old Dominion |
| 1 | Horizon | Green Bay |
| 1 | Ivy | Harvard |
| 1 | Metro Atlantic | Fairfield |
| 1 | Mid-American | Kent St. |
| 1 | Mid-Continent | Youngstown St. |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | Howard |
| 1 | Northeast | St. Francis |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Middle Tenn. |
| 1 | Patriot | Holy Cross |
| 1 | Southern | UNC Greensboro |
| 1 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1 | Southwestern | Grambling |
| 1 | Trans America | FIU |
| 1 | West Coast | Santa Clara |
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