Bids By Conference
Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-one cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 8 | Southeastern | Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi St., South Carolina, Tennessee |
| 7 | Big 12 | Oklahoma, Baylor, Colorado, Iowa St., Kansas St., Texas, Texas Tech |
| 6 | Big Ten | Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Penn St., Purdue, Wisconsin |
| 5 | Big East | Connecticut, Boston College, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Villanova |
| 4 | Atlantic Coast | Duke, Clemson, North Carolina, Virginia |
| 4 | Mountain West | BYU, Colorado St., New Mexico, UNLV |
| 3 | Conference USA | Cincinnati, TCU, Tulane |
| 2 | Missouri Valley | Creighton, Drake |
| 2 | Pacific-10 | Arizona St., Stanford |
| 2 | West Coast | Pepperdine, Santa Clara |
| 1 | America East | Hartford |
| 1 | Atlantic 10 | Temple |
| 1 | Atlantic Sun | Georgia St. |
| 1 | Big Sky | Weber St.. |
| 1 | Big South | Liberty |
| 1 | Big West | UC Santa Barb. |
| 1 | Colonial | Old Dominion |
| 1 | Horizon | Green Bay |
| 1 | Ivy | Harvard |
| 1 | Metro Atlantic | St. Peter’s. |
| 1 | Mid-American | Kent St. |
| 1 | Mid-Continent | Oakland |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | Norfolk St. |
| 1 | Northeast | St. Francis Pa. |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Austin Peay |
| 1 | Patriot | Bucknell |
| 1 | Southern | Chattanooga |
| 1 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1 | Southwestern | Southern U. |
| 1 | Sun Belt | FIU |
| 1 | Western Athletic | Louisiana Tech |
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