Bids By Conference
Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In seventeen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from fourteen of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 7 | Southeastern | Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Vanderbilt |
| 6 | Big Ten | Penn St., Iowa, Michigan St., Ohio St., Purdue, Wisconsin |
| 4 | Atlantic Coast | Clemson, Duke, North Carolina St., Virginia |
| 4 | Big Eight | Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma St. |
| 4 | Conference USA | Memphis, DePaul, Southern Miss., Tulane |
| 4 | Southwest | Texas A&M, SMU, Texas, Texas Tech |
| 3 | Atlantic 10 | George Washington, Massachusetts, Rhode Island |
| 3 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, Oregon, Oregon St. |
| 2 | Big East | Connecticut, Notre Dame |
| 2 | Colonial | Old Dominion, James Madison |
| 2 | Mid-American | Toledo, Kent St. |
| 2 | Ohio Valley | Austin Peay, Middle Tenn. |
| 2 | West Coast | San Francisco, Portland |
| 2 | Western Athletic | Colorado St., Utah |
| 1 | Big Sky | Montana |
| 1 | Big South | Radford |
| 1 | Big West | Hawaii |
| 1 | Ivy | Harvard |
| 1 | Metro Atlantic | Manhattan |
| 1 | Mid-Continent | Youngstown St. |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | Howard |
| 1 | Midwestern Collegiate | Butler |
| 1 | Missouri Valley | Missouri St. |
| 1 | North Atlantic | Maine |
| 1 | Northeast | St. Francis |
| 1 | Patriot | Holy Cross |
| 1 | Southern | Appalachian St. |
| 1 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1 | Southwestern | Grambling |
| 1 | Sun Belt | Louisiana Tech |
| 1 | Trans-America | UCF |
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