The SEC and ACC lead the charge our latest Projected Field of 64 with 11 bids each followed by the Big 12 (7), Sun Belt (3), Big Ten (3) and AAC (3). The Big West and Conference USA received two bids in the latest projection, including their automatic qualifiers.
Note that all hosts reflect the current Top 25 rankings order of the top 16 teams.
| Knoxville, Tenn. | Nashville, Tenn. | |
| 1. (1) Tennessee ^* (SEC) | 1. (16) Vanderbilt^ (SEC) | |
| 2. Virginia Tech (ACC) | 2. Arizona* (Big 12) | |
| 3. Grand Canyon* (WAC) | 3. Western Kentucky (CUSA) | |
| 4. Tennessee Tech* (Ohio Valley) | 4. Southern Illinois* (Missouri Valley) | |
| Fayetteville, Ark. | Auburn, Ala. | |
| 1. (2) Arkansas^ (SEC) | 1. (15) Auburn^ (SEC) | |
| 2. Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt) | 2. Georgia Tech (ACC) | |
| 3. UTRGV* (Southland) | 3. Gonzaga* (WCC) | |
| 4. Fairfield* (MAAC) | 4. Creighton* (Big East) | |
| Austin, Texas | Louisville, KY. | |
| 1. (3) Texas^ (SEC) | 1. (14) Louisville^ (ACC) | |
| 2. Dallas Baptist* (CUSA) | 2. West Virginia (Big 12) | |
| 3. Richmond* (A10) | 3. Kentucky (SEC) | |
| 4. Austin Peay* (ASUN) | 4. Yale* (Ivy) | |
| Athens, Ga. | Irvine, Calif. | |
| 1. (4) Georgia^ (SEC) | 1. (13) UC Irvine^* (Big West) | |
| 2. Kansas (Big 12) | 2. UCLA* (Big Ten) | |
| 3. NC State (ACC) | 3. Stanford (ACC) | |
| 4. NJIT* (America East) | 4. High Point* (Big South) | |
| Baton Rouge, La. | Corvallis, Ore. | |
| 1. (5) LSU^ (SEC) | 1. (12) Oregon State^ (Indy) | |
| 2. Duke (ACC) | 2. Southern Miss* (Sun Belt) | |
| 3. UTSA* (AAC) | 3. Cal Poly (Big West) | |
| 4. Oral Roberts* (Summit) | 4. Bowling Green* (MAC) | |
| Tallahassee, Fla. | Chapel Hill, N.C. | |
| 1. (6) Florida State^* (ACC) | 1. (11) North Carolina^ (ACC) | |
| 2. Troy (Sun Belt) | 2. TCU (Big 12) | |
| 3. South Florida (AAC) | 3. East Carolina (AAC) | |
| 4. Florida A&M* (SWAC) | 4. Nevada* (Mountain West) | |
| Clemson, S.C. | Oxford, Miss. | |
| 1. (7) Clemson^ (ACC) | 1. (10) Ole Miss^ (SEC) | |
| 2. Arizona State (Big 12) | 2. Kansas State (Big 12) | |
| 3. Northeastern* (CAA) | 3. Virginia (ACC) | |
| 4. East Tennessee State* (SoCon) | 4. Central Connecticut* (Northeast) | |
| Tuscaloosa, Ala. | Norman, Ok. | |
| 1. (8) Alabama^ (SEC) | 1. (9) Oklahoma^ (SEC) | |
| 2. Wake Forest (ACC) | 2. Oregon (Big Ten) | |
| 3. Southern California (Big Ten) | 3. Baylor (Big 12) | |
| 4. Northern Kentucky* (Horizon) | 4. Holy Cross* (Patriot) |
* denotes automatic bid
^ denotes regional host
Last Four In
Baylor (Big 12)
Southern California (Big Ten)
Cal Poly (Big West)
South Florida (AAC)
First Four Out
California (ACC)
Mississippi State (SEC)
Central Florida (Big 12)
Hawaii (Big West)
Next Four Out
Michigan (Big Ten)
BYU (Big 12)
Boston College (ACC)
Florida (SEC)
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