Bids By State
The sixty-four teams came from thirty states, plus Washington, D.C. Texas had the most teams with five bids. Twenty states did not have any teams receiving bids.
| Bids | State | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | California | Fresno St., San Diego, Stanford, UC Santa Barb., California |
| 5 | Texas | SMU, Texas A&M, UTSA, Baylor, Texas |
| 4 | Ohio | Cleveland St., Miami Ohio, Xavier, Ohio St. |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | Bucknell, Robert Morris, Pittsburgh, Temple |
| 4 | Tennessee | Chattanooga, East Tenn. St., Tennessee, Vanderbilt |
| 3 | Kentucky | Murray St., Western Ky., Louisville |
| 3 | New York | Cornell, Marist, Syracuse |
| 3 | Oklahoma | Oral Roberts, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St. |
| 3 | Virginia | Liberty, Old Dominion, Virginia |
| 2 | Connecticut | Connecticut, Hartford |
| 2 | Georgia | Georgia, Georgia Tech |
| 2 | Illinois | Illinois St., DePaul |
| 2 | Indiana | Purdue, Notre Dame |
| 2 | Iowa | Iowa, Iowa St. |
| 2 | Maryland | Coppin St., Maryland. |
| 2 | North Carolina | North Carolina, Duke |
| 2 | Utah | Utah, UTEP |
| 1 | Alabama | Auburn |
| 1 | Arizona | Arizona St. |
| 1 | District of Columbia | George Washington |
| 1 | Florida | Florida St. |
| 1 | Kansas | Kansas St. |
| 1 | Louisiana | LSU |
| 1 | Minnesota | Minnesota |
| 1 | Mississippi | Jackson St. |
| 1 | Montana | Montana |
| 1 | Nebraska | Nebraska |
| 1 | New Jersey | Rutgers |
| 1 | New Mexico | New Mexico |
| 1 | West Virginia | West Virginia |
| 1 | Wyoming | Wyoming |
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