| CENTRAL REGION |
| 68 Regional Teams |
| Rank |
School |
| 1 |
 |
LSU |
| 2 |
 |
Texas A&M |
| 3 |
 |
Iowa State |
| 4 |
 |
Oklahoma State |
| 5 |
 |
Missouri |
| 6 |
 |
Kansas |
| 7 |
 |
TCU |
| 8 |
 |
Texas Tech |
| 9 |
 |
Tennessee |
| 10 |
 |
Baylor |
| 11 |
 |
Creighton |
| 12 |
 |
Arkansas |
| 13 |
 |
Rice |
| 14 |
 |
St Louis |
| 15 |
 |
Nebraska |
| 16 |
 |
Mississippi |
| 17 |
 |
Colorado College |
| 18 |
 |
Memphis |
| 19 |
 |
Mississippi State |
| 20 |
 |
UTEP |
| 21 |
 |
Texas-San Antonio |
| 22 |
 |
Colorado |
| 23 |
 |
Middle Tenn State |
| 24 |
 |
Stephen F Austin |
| 25 |
 |
Oklahoma |
| 26 |
 |
North Texas |
| 27 |
 |
Houston |
| 28 |
 |
Texas |
| 29 |
 |
Tulsa |
| 30 |
 |
SMU |
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