Bids By Conference
Thirty conferences earned an automatic bid. In fifteen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-four additional at-large teams were selected from fifteen of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 6 | Big 12 | Iowa St., Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech |
| 6 | Southeastern | Tennessee, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi St., Vanderbilt |
| 5 | Atlantic Coast | Duke, Clemson, North Carolina, North Carolina St., Virginia |
| 4 | Big East | Connecticut, Boston College, Notre Dame, Rutgers |
| 4 | Big Ten | Purdue, Illinois, Michigan, Penn St. |
| 4 | Pacific-10 | Oregon, Arizona, Stanford, UCLA |
| 3 | Atlantic 10 | Xavier, George Washington, St. Joseph’s |
| 3 | Conference USA | Tulane, Marquette, UAB |
| 2 | America East | Vermont, Maine |
| 2 | Missouri Valley | Drake, Missouri St. |
| 2 | Mountain West | BYU, Utah |
| 2 | Northeast | St. Francis Pa., St. Peter’s |
| 2 | Sun Belt | Louisiana Tech, Western Ky. |
| 2 | West Coast | San Diego, Pepperdine |
| 2 | Western Athletic | Rice, SMU |
| 1 | Big Sky | Montana |
| 1 | Big South | Liberty |
| 1 | Big West | UC Santa Barb. |
| 1 | Colonial | Old Dominion |
| 1 | Horizon | Green Bay |
| 1 | Ivy | Dartmouth |
| 1 | Mid-American | Kent St. |
| 1 | Mid-Continent | Youngstown St. |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | Hampton. |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee Tech |
| 1 | Patriot | Holy Cross |
| 1 | Southern | Furman |
| 1 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1 | Southwestern | Alcorn St. |
| 1 | Trans America | Campbell |
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