Bids By State
The sixty-four teams came from thirty-two states, plus Washington, D.C. California had the most teams with five bids. Eighteen states did not have any teams receiving bids.
| Bids | State | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | California | San Diego St., San Francisco, Stanford, UC Santa Barb., Southern California |
| 4 | Louisiana | Grambling, Louisiana Tech, Tulane, LSU |
| 4 | Texas | Texas St., Stephen F. Austin, Texas, Texas Tech |
| 3 | Alabama | Auburn, Troy, Alabama |
| 3 | Illinois | DePaul, Illinois, Northwestern |
| 3 | Iowa | Drake, Iowa, Iowa St. |
| 3 | Kentucky | Eastern Ky., Louisville, Western Ky. |
| 3 | North Carolina | North Carolina, Duke, North Carolina St. |
| 3 | Tennessee | Memphis, Tennessee, Vanderbilt |
| 3 | Virginia | Liberty, Old Dominion, Virginia |
| 2 | District of Columbia | Howard, George Washington |
| 2 | Florida | FIU, Florida |
| 2 | Indiana | Notre Dame, Purdue |
| 2 | Kansas | Kansas, Kansas St. |
| 2 | Michigan | Detroit, Michigan St. |
| 2 | Oregon | Oregon, Portland |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | Lehigh, St. Joseph’s |
| 1 | Arizona | Arizona |
| 1 | Colorado | Colorado |
| 1 | Connecticut | Connecticut |
| 1 | Georgia | Georgia |
| 1 | Maine | Maine |
| 1 | Maryland | Maryland |
| 1 | Massachusetts | Harvard |
| 1 | Montana | Montana |
| 1 | New Jersey | St. Peter’s |
| 1 | New York | St. Francis |
| 1 | Ohio | Toledo |
| 1 | South Carolina | Clemson |
| 1 | Utah | Utah |
| 1 | Washington | Washington |
| 1 | West Virginia | Marshall |
| 1 | Wisconsin | Marquette |
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