Bids By Conference
Thirty conferences earned an automatic bid. In seventeen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-four additional at-large teams were selected from thirteen of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 8 | Southeastern | Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi St. |
| 5 | Atlantic Coast | Clemson, Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina St., Virginia |
| 5 | Big 12 | Texas Tech, Iowa St., Kansas, Nebraska, Texas |
| 4 | Big East | Connecticut, Boston College, Notre Dame, Rutgers |
| 4 | Big Ten | Purdue, Illinois, Ohio St., Penn St. |
| 4 | Conference USA | Tulane, Cincinnati, Louisville, Marquette |
| 4 | Pacific-10 | UCLA, Arizona, Oregon, Stanford |
| 3 | Atlantic 10 | St. Joseph’s, Virginia Tech, Xavier |
| 2 | America East | Northeastern, Maine |
| 2 | Missouri Valley | Evansville, Missouri St. |
| 2 | Sun Belt | Louisiana Tech, FIU |
| 2 | West Coast | St. Mary’s, Santa Clara |
| 2 | Western Athletic | SMU, Colorado St. |
| 1 | Big Sky | Cal St. Northridge |
| 1 | Big South | Liberty |
| 1 | Big West | UC Santa Barb. |
| 1 | Colonial | Old Dominion |
| 1 | Ivy | Dartmouth |
| 1 | Metro Atlantic | St. Peter’s |
| 1 | Mid-American | Toledo |
| 1 | Mid-Continent | Oral Roberts |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | Florida A&M |
| 1 | Midwestern Collegiate | Green Bay |
| 1 | Northeast | St. Francis |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee Tech |
| 1 | Patriot | Holy Cross |
| 1 | Southern | Appalachian St. |
| 1 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1 | Southwestern | Grambling |
| 1 | Trans America | UCF |
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