| 1951 Qualifications Results | |||
| Place | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Phi Delta Theta | 3:05.9 | |
| 2 | Sigma Alpha Epsilon | 3:07.6 | |
| 3 | Ferguson House | 3:07.6 | |
| 4 | South Hall B | 3:13.1 | |
| 5 | Rogers East V | 3:14.2 | |
| 6 | Phi Gamma Delta | 3:16.3 | |
| 7 | South Hall Buccaneers | 3:16.5 | |
| 8 | Lambda Chi Alpha | 3:19.0 | |
| 9 | Delta Tau Delta | 3:20.9 | |
| 10 | Alpha Tau Omega | 3:21.6 | |
| 11 | Sigma Nu | 3:22.0 | |
| 12 | Parks House | 3:22.1 | |
| 13 | Phi Kappa Psi | 3:04.6 | |
| 14 | Theta Chi | 3:07.3 | |
| 15 | Beta Theta Pi | 3:09.8 | |
| 16 | Acacia | 3:10.1 | |
| 17 | Elliott House | 3:11.4 | |
| 18 | Sigma Pi | 3:11.8 | |
| 19 | Phi Sigma Kappa | 3:13.0 | |
| 20 | Delta Upsilon | 3:13.3 | |
| 21 | North Hall Cavaliers | 3:13.6 | |
| 22 | Jenkins House | 3:13.6 | |
| 23 | Pi Kappa Alpha | 3:15.6 | |
| 24 | Dodds House | 3:16.0 | |
| 25 | Pi Lambda Phi | 3:16.2 | |
| 26 | Alpha Phi Alpha | 3:17.5 | |
| 27 | Hummer House | 3:18.1 | |
| 28 | Kappa Delta Rho | 3:18.5 | |
| 29 | Nichols House | 3:18.7 | |
| 30 | Kappa Sigma | 3:19.5 | |
| 31 | Zeta Beta Tau | 3:10.6 | |
| 32 | North Hall Friars | 3:16.5 | |
| 33 | Rogers West T | 3:22.7 | |
| Teams that were Bumped | |||
| 34 | North Hall Barons | ||
| 35 | Sigma Alpha Mu | ||
| 36 | Sigma Phi Epsilon | ||
| 37 | Lowe House | ||
| 38 | Hall House | ||
| 39 | Campbell House | ||
| 40 | Rogers West W | ||
| 41 | Ruter House | ||
| Teams who faileld to make the field | |||
| 42 | North Cottage Grove | ||
| 43 | Rogers East R | ||
| 44 | Todd House | ||
| 45 | West Hall II | ||
| 46 | Rollins House | ||
| 47 | Rogers East W | ||
| 48 | West Hall Trojans | ||
| 49 | Harding House | ||
| 50 | Sigma Chi | ||
| 51 | Rogers West R | ||
| Teams who failed to appear for Qualifications | |||
| 52 | Dunn House | ||
| 53 | Stockwell House | ||
| 54 | Harney House | ||
| 55 | Rogers West V | ||
| 56 | Dewey House | ||
| 57 | Pi Kappa Phi | ||