Several of the 20 Pool C berths will go to strong conference leaders when "bid thieves" unexpectedly win conference tournaments.
Confirmed Pool A teams (ODAC) Hampden-Sydney (26-2, SOS 0.613, 9-2 vRRO) (NESCAC) Trinity CT (25-1, SOS 0.547, 7-1 vRRO) (OAC) John Carroll (25-2, SOS 0.580, 3-1 vRRO) (UAA) Case Western (21-4, SOS 0.576, 11-4 vRRO) (WIAC) UW-Platteville (23-4, SOS 0.581, 3-2 vRRO) (LEC) Keene St (24-3, SOS 0.549, 4-2 vRRO) (LAND) Catholic (24-3, SOS 0.561, 2-1 vRRO) (ARC) Loras (23-5, SOS 0.530, 6-3 vRRO) (GNAC) St Joseph CT (24-4, SOS 0.539, 3-2 vRRO) (MIAA) Hope (22-6, SOS 0.554, 3-4 vRRO) (MACC) Eastern (19-7, SOS 0.591, 4-6 vRRO) (C2C) Christopher Newport (21-6, SOS 0.560, 3-3 vRRO) (CENT) Swarthmore (20-8, SOS 0.563, 5-7 vRRO) (MACF) Stevens (22-5, SOS 0.543, 4-3 vRRO) (NJAC) TCNJ (20-8, SOS 0.562, 6-4 vRRO) (SCIAC) C-M-S (20-6, SOS 0.532, 4-3 vRRO) (CCIW) Elmhurst (22-5, SOS 0.515, 3-1 vRRO) (UMAC) Bethany Lutheran (24-3, SOS 0.514, 1-1 vRRO) (LL) Hobart (22-5, SOS 0.527, 3-2 vRRO) (MWC) Illinois College (23-4, SOS 0.496, 1-0 vRRO) (E8) Utica (24-3, SOS 0.477, 3-1 vRRO) (UEC) PSU-Harrisburg (24-4, SOS 0.498, 0-2 vRRO) (NACC) WI Lutheran (24-4, SOS 0.494, 1-3 vRRO) (NWC) Whitworth (18-8, SOS 0.526, 1-2 vRRO) (PAC) Geneva (24-3, SOS 0.486, 0-0 vRRO) (HCAC) Anderson (23-4, SOS 0.489, 0-1 vRRO) (MIAC) Gustavus Adolphus (18-10, SOS 0.544, 1-4 vRRO) (SUNYAC) SUNY New Paltz (20-7, SOS 0.491, 1-2 vRRO) (ASC) Texas-Dallas (18-9, SOS 0.527, 3-5 vRRO) (SKY) Farmingdale St (26-2, SOS 0.467, 0-1 vRRO) (NCAC) Wabash (20-8, SOS 0.522, 0-4 vRRO) (AEC) Marymount (19-8, SOS 0.511, 0-3 vRRO) (MASCAC) Worcester St (18-9, SOS 0.522, 1-4 vRRO) (SAA) Berry (19-9, SOS 0.506, 0-6 vRRO) (NEWMAC) Babson (15-13, SOS 0.550, 4-6 vRRO) (SCAC) Centenary LA (14-10, SOS 0.507, 2-3 vRRO) (SLIAC) Fontbonne (16-5, SOS 0.458, 0-1 vRRO) (USAC) Mary Baldwin (17-10, SOS 0.493, 0-1 vRRO) (CUNYAC) Baruch (19-7, SOS 0.475, 0-5 vRRO) (AMCC) La Roche (15-10, SOS 0.485, 0-3 vRRO) (NAC) Husson (21-5, SOS 0.414, 0-0 vRRO) (CCC) Roger Williams (12-14, SOS 0.538, 2-5 vRRO)
Locks & near-locks (C#1) Randolph-Macon (23-4, SOS 0.618, 5-3 vRRO) (C#2) Widener (23-4, SOS 0.605, 6-3 vRRO) (C#3) NYU (20-5, SOS 0.581, 10-5 vRRO) (C#4) Nebraska Wesleyan (23-4, SOS 0.547, 4-4 vRRO) (C#5) Cal Lutheran (23-4, SOS 0.546, 5-4 vRRO) (C#6) Oswego St (25-2, SOS 0.538, 4-1 vRRO) (C#7) Trine (23-4, SOS 0.553, 5-3 vRRO) (C#8) Guilford (22-4, SOS 0.555, 5-3 vRRO) (C#9) Trinity TX (23-3, SOS 0.543, 6-2 vRRO) (C#10) Calvin (22-4, SOS 0.555, 3-4 vRRO) (C#11) Coe (21-5, SOS 0.556, 4-3 vRRO) (C#12) Wash U (18-7, SOS 0.600, 8-7 vRRO) (C#13) Hood (19-6, SOS 0.573, 4-4 vRRO) (C#14) VA Wesleyan (18-8, SOS 0.605, 5-5 vRRO) (C#15) Rowan (19-7, SOS 0.594, 5-6 vRRO) (C#16) Tufts (19-7, SOS 0.578, 5-5 vRRO) (C#17) Dubuque (21-6, SOS 0.566, 3-5 vRRO) (C#18) DeSales (24-3, SOS 0.538, 3-3 vRRO) (C#19) Williams (21-6, SOS 0.554, 5-4 vRRO)
Bubble-in (C#20) Carnegie Mellon (16-9, SOS 0.601, 6-6 vRRO) (C#21) Mt Union (20-7, SOS 0.566, 1-3 vRRO) (C#22) St Thomas TX (19-6, SOS 0.523, 4-0 vRRO)
Bubble-out (out) Nichols (20-4, SOS 0.532, 1-2 vRRO) (out) Albertus Magnus (21-5, SOS 0.529, 2-3 vRRO)
Fringe contenders (out) W&L (18-10, SOS 0.589, 3-8 vRRO) (out) Illinois Wesleyan (19-8, SOS 0.546, 3-4 vRRO) (out) Clark (20-7, SOS 0.541, 2-3 vRRO) (out) St Johns (20-6, SOS 0.527, 2-2 vRRO) (out) Stockton (17-10, SOS 0.576, 5-6 vRRO) (out) Emory (15-10, SOS 0.594, 6-8 vRRO)
Other projected Pool A/B teams (ODAC) Hampden-Sydney (26-2, SOS 0.613, 9-2 vRRO) (ARC) Loras (23-5, SOS 0.530, 6-3 vRRO) (UAA) Case Western (21-4, SOS 0.576, 11-4 vRRO) (NESCAC) Trinity CT (25-1, SOS 0.547, 7-1 vRRO) (MIAA) Hope (22-6, SOS 0.554, 3-4 vRRO) (MACC) Eastern (19-7, SOS 0.591, 4-6 vRRO) (SCAC) Centenary LA (14-10, SOS 0.507, 2-3 vRRO) (NJAC) TCNJ (20-8, SOS 0.562, 6-4 vRRO) (SCIAC) C-M-S (20-6, SOS 0.532, 4-3 vRRO) (SUNYAC) SUNY New Paltz (20-7, SOS 0.491, 1-2 vRRO) (MACF) Stevens (22-5, SOS 0.543, 4-3 vRRO) (OAC) John Carroll (25-2, SOS 0.580, 3-1 vRRO) (CCC) Roger Williams (12-14, SOS 0.538, 2-5 vRRO) (GNAC) St Joseph CT (24-4, SOS 0.539, 3-2 vRRO) (NEWMAC) Babson (15-13, SOS 0.550, 4-6 vRRO) (CCIW) Elmhurst (22-5, SOS 0.515, 3-1 vRRO) (MIAC) Gustavus Adolphus (18-10, SOS 0.544, 1-4 vRRO) (CENT) Swarthmore (20-8, SOS 0.563, 5-7 vRRO) (PAC) Geneva (24-3, SOS 0.486, 0-0 vRRO) (LL) Hobart (22-5, SOS 0.527, 3-2 vRRO) (ASC) Texas-Dallas (18-9, SOS 0.527, 3-5 vRRO) (NWC) Whitworth (18-8, SOS 0.526, 1-2 vRRO) (C2C) Christopher Newport (21-6, SOS 0.560, 3-3 vRRO) (HCAC) Anderson (23-4, SOS 0.489, 0-1 vRRO) (NAC) Husson (21-5, SOS 0.414, 0-0 vRRO) (WIAC) UW-Platteville (23-4, SOS 0.581, 3-2 vRRO) (NCAC) Wabash (20-8, SOS 0.522, 0-4 vRRO) (LAND) Catholic (24-3, SOS 0.561, 2-1 vRRO) (LEC) Keene St (24-3, SOS 0.549, 4-2 vRRO) (NACC) WI Lutheran (24-4, SOS 0.494, 1-3 vRRO) (MWC) Illinois College (23-4, SOS 0.496, 1-0 vRRO) (USAC) Mary Baldwin (17-10, SOS 0.493, 0-1 vRRO) (UMAC) Bethany Lutheran (24-3, SOS 0.514, 1-1 vRRO) (SAA) Berry (19-9, SOS 0.506, 0-6 vRRO) (AEC) Marymount (19-8, SOS 0.511, 0-3 vRRO) (E8) Utica (24-3, SOS 0.477, 3-1 vRRO) (MASCAC) Worcester St (18-9, SOS 0.522, 1-4 vRRO) (SKY) Farmingdale St (26-2, SOS 0.467, 0-1 vRRO) (SLIAC) Fontbonne (16-5, SOS 0.458, 0-1 vRRO) (AMCC) La Roche (15-10, SOS 0.485, 0-3 vRRO) (CUNYAC) Baruch (19-7, SOS 0.475, 0-5 vRRO) (UEC) PSU-Harrisburg (24-4, SOS 0.498, 0-2 vRRO)