Bids By State
The sixty-four teams came from thirty-two states, plus Washington, D.C. Texas and Tennessee had the most teams with five bids. Eighteen states did not have any teams receiving bids.
| Bids | State | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Tennessee | Austin Peay, Memphis, Tennessee, Middle Tenn., Vanderbilt |
| 5 | Texas | Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M, SMU, Texas, Texas Tech |
| 4 | Ohio | Toledo, Youngstown St., Kent St., Ohio St. |
| 4 | Virginia | Old Dominion, Radford, James Madison, Virginia |
| 3 | Indiana | Butler, Notre Dame, Purdue |
| 3 | Louisiana | Grambling, Louisiana Tech, Tulane |
| 3 | Massachusetts | Harvard, Holy Cross, Massachusetts |
| 3 | North Carolina | Appalachian St., Duke, North Carolina St. |
| 3 | Oregon | Oregon, Oregon St., Portland |
| 2 | Alabama | Alabama, Auburn |
| 2 | California | San Francisco, Stanford |
| 2 | Colorado | Colorado, Colorado St. |
| 2 | District of Columbia | George Washington, Howard |
| 2 | Florida | UCF, Florida |
| 2 | Mississippi | Mississippi, Southern Miss. |
| 2 | New York | Manhattan, St. Francis |
| 1 | Connecticut | Connecticut |
| 1 | Georgia | Georgia |
| 1 | Hawaii | Hawaii |
| 1 | Illinois | DePaul |
| 1 | Iowa | Iowa |
| 1 | Kansas | Kansas |
| 1 | Maine | Maine |
| 1 | Michigan | Michigan St. |
| 1 | Missouri | Missouri St. |
| 1 | Montana | Montana |
| 1 | Nebraska | Nebraska |
| 1 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma St. |
| 1 | Pennsylvania | Penn St. |
| 1 | Rhode Island | Rhode Island |
| 1 | South Carolina | Clemson |
| 1 | Utah | Utah |
| 1 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
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