Bids By Conference
Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-three cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from eight of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 7 | Atlantic Coast | North Carolina, Boston College, Duke, Florida St., Maryland, North Carolina St., Virginia Tech |
| 7 | Big East | Rutgers, Connecticut, DePaul, Louisville, Notre Dame, South Fla., St. John’s NY |
| 6 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, Arizona St., California, Southern California, UCLA, Washington |
| 6 | Southeastern | LSU, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt |
| 5 | Big Ten | Ohio St., Iowa, Michigan St., Minnesota, Purdue |
| 4 | Big 12 | Oklahoma, Baylor, Missouri, Texas A&M |
| 4 | Mountain West | Utah, BYU, New Mexico, TCU |
| 2 | Atlantic 10 | Temple, George Washington |
| 1 | America East | Hartford |
| 1 | Atlantic Sun | Fla. Atlantic |
| 1 | Big Sky | Northern Ariz. |
| 1 | Big South | Liberty |
| 1 | Big West | UC Riverside |
| 1 | Colonial | Old Dominion |
| 1 | Conference USA | Tulsa |
| 1 | Horizon | Milwaukee |
| 1 | Ivy | Dartmouth |
| 1 | Metro Atlantic | Marist |
| 1 | Mid-American | Bowling Green |
| 1 | Mid-Continent | Oakland |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | Coppin St. |
| 1 | Missouri Valley | Missouri St. |
| 1 | Northeast | Sacred Heart |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Southeast Mo. St. |
| 1 | Patriot | Army |
| 1 | Southern | Chattanooga |
| 1 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1 | Southwestern | Southern U. |
| 1 | Sun Belt | Middle Tenn. |
| 1 | West Coast | Pepperdine |
| 1 | Western Athletic | Louisiana Tech |
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