February 6 Update: the case for Northern Iowa

It's not going to happen, Northern Iowa won't get an automatic bid. But Northern Iowa (RPI 57) has appeared as an at-large bid now in the S-Factor, despite losing to the Salukis of Southern Illinois this weekend (RPI 185). The reason is this: Northern Iowa's wins over Creighton (RPI 22) and Kansas State (RPI 19) give them more top 25 wins than the entire non-Maryland Big Ten conference combined.  

Last 4 in:
Northern Iowa
Northwestern
Michigan State
Harvard
First 4 out:
California
Virginia Tech
Green Bay
Oklahoma State
Now in:
Northern Iowa
Michigan State
Pennsylvania
Wright State
Bethune-Cookman

Now out:
Virginia Tech
Green Bay
Oklahoma State
West Virginia
Hampton
Conferences with multiple bids:
SEC: 8
(1) Mississippi State
(2) South Carolina
(4) Texas A&M
(5) Tennessee
(5) Kentucky
(5) Missouri
(7) LSU
(8) Auburn

ACC: 7
(2) Notre Dame
(2) Florida State
(3) Duke
(3) North Carolina State
(4) Louisville
(6) Syracuse
(7) Miami (FL)

Pac 12: 6
(1) Oregon State
(2) Stanford
(3) Washington
(4) UCLA
(6) Arizona State
(9) Oregon

Big Ten: 5
(4) Maryland
(7) Ohio State
(9) Michigan
(10) Northwestern
(10) Michigan State

American: 4
(1) Connecticut
(7) Temple
(8) South Florida
(9) Tulane

Big 12: 4
(1) Baylor
(3) Texas
(6) Kansas State 
(6) Oklahoma

Big East: 3
(5) DePaul
(8) Marquette
(8) Creighton

Ivy: 2
(10) Harvard
(13) Pennsylvania

Missouri Valley: 2
(10) Northern Iowa
(11) Drake