Bids By Conference
Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In nineteen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from twelve of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 7 | Big 12 | Iowa State, Baylor, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast | Duke, Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, NC State, Virginia |
| 6 | Southeastern | Georgia, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Tennessee, Vanderbilt |
| 5 | Big East | Connecticut, Notre Dame, Rutgers, Villanova, Virginia Tech |
| 5 | Big Ten | Iowa, Michigan, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin |
| 4 | Pacific-10 | Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, Washington |
| 2 | Atlantic 10 | Xavier, George Washington |
| 2 | Conference USA | Tulane, Louisville |
| 2 | Metro Atlantic | Siena, Fairfield |
| 2 | Missouri Valley | SW Missouri State, Drake |
| 2 | Mountain West | Colorado State, Utah |
| 2 | Sun Belt | Louisiana Tech, Denver |
| 1 | America East | Delaware. |
| 1 | Big Sky | Idaho State |
| 1 | Big South | Liberty |
| 1 | Big West | UC Santa Barbara |
| 1 | CAA | Old Dominion |
| 1 | Horizon | Milwaukee |
| 1 | Ivy | Penn |
| 1 | Mid-American | Toledo |
| 1 | Mid-Continent | Oral Roberts |
| 1 | MEAC | Howard |
| 1 | Northeast | Long Island |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Austin Peay |
| 1 | Patriot | Holy Cross |
| 1 | Southern | Chattanooga |
| 1 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1 | Southwestern | Alcorn State |
| 1 | Trans America | Georgia State |
| 1 | West Coast | St. Mary’s Cal. |
| 1 | WAC | TCU |
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