How many Division I programs made the postseason in football, basketball and baseball?
The NCAA on Monday announced the field for the 64-team Division I baseball tournament, bringing to a close the final postseason field for the major revenue sports in college athletics. Which brings us to our annual tradition of tracking all the programs that reached the promised land on the gridiron, on the hardwood and on the diamond.
Once again, it's not many.
With 76 teams reaching the FBS postseason and 24 more in FCS, 68 invites given to the Big Dance and 64 more headed to next weekend's baseball extravaganza, that's a total of 232 bids given to 247 postseason-eligible Division I football-playing institutions - and only 14 of them made an appearance in all three.
The ACC and SEC led the way with three teams apiece, followed by the Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big 12 with two each. San Diego State was the only FBS mid-major to reach all three postseasons, and Coastal Carolina stands alone for cross-sport excellence in FCS.
Athletic directors everywhere, go ahead and forward this to your agents. You're welcome.
ACC (3)
Louisville
NC State
Notre Dame*
Big 12 (2)
Oklahoma State
Texas
Big Ten (2)
Iowa
Maryland
Pac-12 (2)
Oregon
UCLA
SEC (3)
Arkansas
LSU
Ole Miss
Mountain West (1)
San Diego State
FCS (1)
Coastal Carolina
* - Independent in football
While we're at it, bringing in the three major women's sports - volleyball, basketball, softball - whittles the list down to two: LSU and Texas.
