| Pool A • Automatic Qualifiers (32) | |||
| School | Conference | Record | Appearance |
| Albion College (Mich.) | Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 25-14 | 3rd |
| Amherst College (Mass.) | New England Small College Athletic Conference | 19-16 | 4th |
| Arcadia University (Pa.) | Pennsylvania Athletic Conference | 25-14 | 1st |
| Aurora University (Ill.) | Northern Illinois Iowa Intercollegiate Conference | 22-17 | 15th |
| Babson College (Mass.) | New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference | 24-17 | 1st |
| Blackburn College (Ill.) | St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 23-17 | 2nd |
| Bridgewater State College (Mass.) | Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference | 23-14 | 12th |
| Concordia University (Wis.) | Lake Michigan Conference | 20-16 | 1st |
| DeSales University (Pa.) | Freedom Conference | 27-13 | 7th |
| Eastern Connecticut State University | Little East Conference | 35-9 | 26th |
| Endicott College (Mass.) | Commonwealth Coast Conference | 26-19 | 3rd |
| Heidelberg College (Ohio) | Ohio Athletic Conference | 31-12-1 | 1st |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin | 28-17 | 4th |
| Johns Hopkins University (Md.) | Centennial Conference | 37-2 | 13th |
| Juniata College (Pa.) | Commonwealth Conference | 24-15 | 4th |
| Linfield College (Ore.) | Northwest Conference | 31-9 | 1st |
| Manchester College (Ind.) | Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | 32-10 | 2nd |
| McMurry University (Texas) | American Southwest Conference | 29-13 | 3rd |
| Methodist College (N.C.) | USA South Athletic Conference | 27-17 | 21nd |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.) | Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association | 27-15 | 14th |
| Ripon College (Wis.) | Midwest Conference | 23-12 | 5th |
| Rowan University (N.J.) | New Jersey Athletic Conference | 36-6 | 15th |
| Simpson College (Iowa) | Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 29-14 | 6th |
| St. Joseph's College (N.Y.) | Skyline Conference | 26-16 | 1st |
| State University of New York-Brockport | State University of New York Athletic Conference | 30-13 | 1st |
| The College of Wooster (Ohio) | North Coast Athletic Conference | 35-8 | 19th |
| Trinity University (Texas) | Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | 35-8 | 2nd |
| University of La Verne (Calif.) | Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 27-10 | 6th |
| University of St. Thomas (Minn.) | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 36-6 | 11th |
| University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 34-7 | 9th |
| Virginia Wesleyan University | Old Dominion Athletic Conference | 31-10 | 7th |
| Western New England College (Mass.) | Great Northeast Athletic Conference | 31-12 | 2nd |
| Pool • Independent Qualifiers (7) | |||
| School | Conference/Independent | Record | Appearance |
| California State University-Hayward | Independent | 29-11 | 2nd |
| Chapman University (Calif.) | Independent | 28-11 | 7th |
| Emory University (Ga.) | University Athletic Association | 40-4 | 7th |
| Ithaca College (N.Y.) | Empire Eight Conference | 32-7 | 28th |
| Mary Washington College (Va.) | Capital Athletic Conference | 29-10 | 9th |
| Salisbury University (Md.) | Capital Athletic Conference | 33-11 | 10th |
| York College (Pa.) | Capital Athletic Conference | 28-16 | 9th |
| Pool C • At-Large Qualifiers (3) | |||
| School | Conference | Record | Appearance |
| Carthage College (Wis.) | College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin | 34-9 | 12th |
| George Fox University (Ore.) | Northwest Conference | 31-9 | 4th |
| State University of New York-Cortland | State University of New York Athletic Conference | 28-14 | 13th |