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 |
| 7 | Atlantic Coast | North Carolina, Duke, Florida St., Maryland, North Carolina St., Virginia, Virginia Tech |
| 6 | Big 12 | Baylor, Iowa St., Kansas St., Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech |
| 5 | Big Ten | Michigan St., Minnesota, Ohio St., Penn St., Purdue |
| 5 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, Arizona, Arizona St., Oregon, Southern California |
| 5 | Southeastern | Tennessee, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi, Vanderbilt |
| 4 | Big East | Connecticut, Boston College, Notre Dame, Rutgers |
| 4 | Conference USA | TCU, DePaul, Houston, Louisville |
| 3 | Atlantic 10 | Temple, George Washington, Richmond |
| 2 | Mountain West | New Mexico, Utah |
| 2 | Western Athletic | Rice, Louisiana Tech |
| 1 | America East | Hartford |
| 1 | Atlantic Sun | Stetson |
| 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 | Metro Atlantic | Canisius |
| 1 | Mid-American | Bowling Green |
| 1 | Mid-Continent | Oral Roberts |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | Coppin St. |
| 1 | Missouri Valley | Illinois St. |
| 1 | Northeast | St. Francis Pa. |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Eastern Ky. |
| 1 | Patriot | Holy Cross |
| 1 | Southern | Western Caro. |
| 1 | Southland | Texas-Arlington |
| 1 | Southwestern | Alcorn St.. |
| 1 | Sun Belt | Middle Tenn. |
| 1 | West Coast | Santa Clara |
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