Appearances by team

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Key

  •  CH  National Champion
  •  RU  National Runner-up
  •  SF  Semfinals
  •  QF  Quaterfinals
  •  12   16  Round of 12 (1982 through 1985), Round of 16 (1986 to present)
  •  •  First Round (2010 to present, except for 2020)
School Conference
(as of 2023)
# 16 QF SF CG CH 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
North Dakota State MVFC 13 13 13 11 10 9 QF CH CH CH CH CH SF CH CH CH QF CH RU
Georgia Southern FBS 19 19 17 13 8 6 CH CH QF RU CH CH QF QF QF RU CH CH SF SF 16 16 SF SF SF
Youngstown State MVFC 12 12 9 8 7 4 16 QF 16 CH RU CH CH CH RU 16 SF RU
Appalachian State FBS 20 20 12 6 3 3 16 SF 16 16 16 QF QF QF 16 SF QF 16 CH CH CH QF SF QF 16 16
Montana Big Sky 27 27 14 11 7 2 12 16 SF 16 SF CH RU 16 16 16 RU CH QF 16 RU 16 SF 16 RU RU SF 16 16 16 QF QF 16
Marshall FBS 8 8 8 7 6 2 RU QF RU CH RU SF RU CH
Eastern Kentucky UAC 22 19 9 7 4 2 CH RU RU CH 12 12 SF QF SF 16 16 SF 16 16 QF 16 16 16 16
James Madison FBS 18 17 9 7 4 2 16 QF QF 16 16 CH 16 16 SF 16 16 CH RU 16 RU SF SF
Delaware Colonial 18 17 13 8 4 1 QF RU QF 16 16 SF QF QF 16 SF SF CH QF RU RU SF 16
Sam Houston FBS 13 13 10 7 3 1 16 16 QF SF RU RU 16 SF SF QF SF CH QF
Furman Southern 19 18 9 6 3 1 12 SF RU 16 CH SF QF QF 16 16 RU 16 QF SF 16 16 16 16
UMass FBS 8 8 5 3 3 1 RU 16 16 CH QF 16 RU QF
Eastern Washington Big Sky 15 15 10 6 2 1 QF 16 SF QF 16 QF 16 CH SF SF QF SF RU 16 16
South Dakota State MVFC 12 11 6 5 2 1 16 16 16 16 QF SF SF 16 RU SF CH
Montana State Big Sky 12 11 7 4 2 1 CH 16 16 QF 16 QF QF 16 SF RU SF
Boise State FBS 5 5 4 4 2 1 CH SF 16 SF RU
Richmond Colonial 12 12 8 3 1 1 QF 16 16 QF QF SF CH QF 16 SF QF 16
Villanova Colonial 14 12 7 3 1 1 16 16 16 16 QF SF QF CH SF QF 16 QF
Southern Illinois MVFC 10 10 6 2 1 1 CH 16 16 QF QF SF 16 QF QF 16
Florida A&M SWAC 8 7 3 2 1 1 CH 16 16 QF SF 16 16
Western Kentucky FBS 8 8 5 1 1 1 16 QF QF QF 16 CH QF 16
Louisiana–Monroe FBS 4 4 2 1 1 1 CH 16 QF 16
Idaho State Big Sky 3 2 1 1 1 1 CH 12
McNeese Southland 16 16 6 3 2 - 16 QF QF QF SF RU 16 16 16 RU 16 16 16 16 16 16
Northern Iowa MVFC 22 20 14 7 1 - SF SF 16 QF SF 16 16 QF SF SF QF RU QF SF QF 16 QF 16 16 QF
Nevada FBS 7 7 7 6 1 - SF SF SF SF SF RU QF
Lehigh Patriot 11 9 6 2 1 - RU SF QF 16 QF QF 16 16 QF
Illinois State MVFC 8 7 6 2 1 - 16 SF QF QF RU QF QF
Stephen F. Austin UAC 8 6 4 2 1 - QF RU 16 SF QF 16
Louisiana Tech FBS 2 2 2 2 1 - SF RU
Colgate Patriot 11 10 4 1 1 - QF 12 16 16 16 RU 16 16 QF QF
Arkansas State FBS 4 4 4 1 1 - QF QF RU QF
Jacksonville State FBS 10 10 3 1 1 - 16 16 16 QF 16 RU 16 16 16 QF
Towson Colonial 3 2 1 1 1 - 16 RU
Western Carolina Southern 1 1 1 1 1 - RU
New Hampshire Colonial 17 16 9 2 - - 16 16 QF QF QF 16 QF QF QF 16 16 SF SF 16 QF 16
William & Mary Colonial 11 11 5 2 - - 16 16 QF 16 QF 16 SF SF 16 16 QF
Idaho Big Sky 11 11 4 2 - - QF 12 16 16 SF 16 QF 16 SF 16 16
Troy FBS 7 7 3 2 - - SF 16 16 SF 16 QF 16
Wofford Southern 10 9 6 1 - - SF QF 16 QF 16 QF QF QF 16
Middle Tennessee FBS 7 7 6 1 - - SF QF QF QF QF QF 16
Weber State Big Sky 10 9 5 1 - - QF 16 QF 16 QF QF SF 16 16
Western Illinois MVFC 11 10 4 1 - - 16 16 16 QF SF 16 QF QF 16 16
Maine Colonial 8 8 4 1 - - 16 16 QF QF 16 QF 16 SF
Tennessee State Big South–OVC 6 6 3 1 - - QF SF QF 16 16 16
Rhode Island Colonial 3 3 3 1 - - QF SF QF
Jackson State SWAC 12 12 2 1 - - SF QF 12 12 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Northwestern State Southland 6 6 2 1 - - QF 16 SF 16 16 16
Murray State MVFC 5 5 2 1 - - SF 16 16 QF 16
South Carolina State MEAC 6 4 2 1 - - SF QF 16 16
Samford Southern 6 3 2 1 - - SF 16 QF
Grambling State SWAC 3 3 1 1 - - SF 12 16
Incarnate Word Southland 3 2 1 1 - - 16 SF
UCF FBS 2 2 1 1 - - SF 16
'Texas State FBS 2 2 1 1 - - SF 16
Florida Atlantic FBS 1 1 1 1 - - SF
Eastern Illinois Big South–OVC 16 14 4 - - - QF 12 QF QF 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 QF
Holy Cross Patriot 6 5 2 - - - QF 16 16 16 QF
Boston University no team 5 5 2 - - - 12 QF 12 QF 16
Hofstra no team 5 5 2 - - - 16 16 QF QF 16
Coastal Carolina FBS 6 4 2 - - - 16 16 QF QF
Kennesaw State Independent 4 4 2 - - - QF QF 16 16
Indiana State MVFC 3 3 2 - - - QF QF 16
East Tennessee State Southern 3 2 2 - - - QF QF
Nicholls Southland 6 5 1 - - - QF 16 16 16 16
The Citadel Southern 5 5 1 - - - 16 16 QF 16 16
Northern Arizona Big Sky 6 4 1 - - - 16 16 16 QF
Fordham Patriot 6 4 1 - - - QF 16 16 16
North Carolina A&T Colonial 5 4 1 - - - 16 16 QF 16
Southeastern Louisiana Southland 5 4 1 - - - QF 16 16 16
North Texas FBS 4 4 1 - - - QF 16 16 16
Chattanooga Southern 4 4 1 - - - 12 QF 16 16
Missouri State MVFC 4 3 1 - - - QF 16 16
Cal Poly Big Sky 4 3 1 - - - QF 16 16
Alcorn State SWAC 3 3 1 - - - QF 16 16
Sacramento State Big Sky 3 3 1 - - - 16 16 QF
North Dakota MVFC 4 2 1 - - - 16 QF
Old Dominion FBS 2 2 1 - - - 16 QF
Charleston Southern Big South–OVC 2 1 1 - - - QF
UC Davis Big Sky 2 1 1 - - - QF
UConn FBS 1 1 1 - - - QF
Austin Peay UAC 1 1 1 - - - QF
Hampton Colonial 5 5 - - - - 16 16 16 16 16
Central Arkansas UAC 5 5 - - - - 16 16 16 16 16
Bethune–Cookman SWAC 5 3 - - - - 16 16 16
Lafayette Patriot 4 3 - - - - 16 16 16
Stony Brook Colonial 4 3 - - - - 16 16 16
San Diego Pioneer 5 2 - - - - 16 16
Southeast Missouri State Big South–OVC 4 2 - - - - 16 16
Monmouth Colonial 3 2 - - - - 16 16
Portland State Big Sky 2 2 - - - - 16 16
UT Martin Big South–OVC 2 2 - - - - 16 16
Elon Colonial 4 1 - - - - 16
Sacred Heart Northeast 4 1 - - - - 16
Southern Utah UAC 3 1 - - - - 16
Davidson Pioneer 3 1 - - - - 16
Albany Colonial 2 1 - - - - 16
Duquesne Northeast 2 1 - - - - 16
South Dakota MVFC 2 1 - - - - 16
Mississippi Valley State SWAC 1 1 - - - - 12
Akron FBS 1 1 - - - - 12
Howard MEAC 1 1 - - - - 16
Northeastern no team 1 1 - - - - 16
Delaware State MEAC 1 1 - - - - 16
Wagner Northeast 1 1 - - - - 16
Liberty FBS 1 1 - - - - 16
VMI Southern 1 1 - - - - 16
Gardner–Webb Big South–OVC 1 1 - - - - 16
Saint Francis (PA) Northeast 2 - - - - -
Central Connecticut Northeast 2 - - - - -
Robert Morris Big South–OVC 1 - - - - -
Norfolk State MEAC 1 - - - - -
Tennessee Tech Big South–OVC 1 - - - - -
Butler Pioneer 1 - - - - -
Morgan State MEAC 1 - - - - -
Dayton Pioneer 1 - - - - -
Lamar Southland 1 - - - - -
School Conference # 16 QF SF CG CH 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22