Number of Teams per State

This is a list of states by the total number of teams registered in each. These statistics are based on the official figures published at soinc.org.

The difference column shows the percent increase or decrease from 2011 to 2012, and for many states can be used for a rough estimate of 2013 numbers.

National Tournament Invitations
Each state organization automatically receives one national tournament invitation for each division. States with the highest registration numbers by division are then awarded a second national tournament invitation, up to a total of 60 teams per division. Currently, there are 48 Division C and 47 Division B state organizations. Thus, the 12 states with the most Division C teams will receive two Division C national tournament invitations, and the 13 states with the most Division B teams will receive two Division B national tournament invitations. In the event that a state organization declines its national tournament invitation for either division, the invitation passes to the state with the highest team registration in that division that has not already been awarded a second invitation for that division. Note that the numbers shown in the table below represent combined Division B and C registrations, and therefore do not necessarily reflect the order in which states will be awarded two national tournament invitations.

States with an asterisk (*) sent two Division B teams to nationals in 2012, and states with a dagger (†) sent two Division C teams to nationals in 2012.