| 1952 Qualifications | ||
| Position | Team | Time |
| 1 | Rogers East "V" | 2:57.2 |
| 2 | Phi Delta Theta | 3:03.7 |
| 3 | Phi Kappa Psi | 3:07.1 |
| 4 | Zeta Beta Tau | 3:09.9 |
| 5 | Theta Chi | 3:11.2 |
| 6 | Sigma Chi | 3.12.1 |
| 7 | Alpha Tau Omega | 3:12.2 |
| 8 | Kappa Sigma | 3:12.7 |
| 9 | North Hall C (Friars) | 2:56.6 |
| 10 | Sigma Pi | 3:00.6 |
| 11 | North Hall Barons | 3:01.7 |
| 12 | Dodds House | 3:01.8 |
| 13 | Rogers East "W" | 3:03.3 |
| 14 | South Ball B | 3:04.6 |
| 15 | Phi Kappa Tau | 3:05.2 |
| 16 | Pi Kappa Phi | 3:06.1 |
| 17 | Alpha Phi Alpha | 3:07.3 |
| 18 | Rogers West "W" | 3:07.6 |
| 19 | Todd House | 3:07.7 |
| 20 | Theta Xi | 3:08.5 |
| 21 | Hummer House | 3:08.6 |
| 22 | Pi Kappa Alpha | 3:08.6 |
| 23 | Lowe House | 3:09.5 |
| 24 | Rogers West "V" | 3:09.6 |
| 25 | Nichols House | 3:09.7 |
| 26 | Lambda Chi Alpha | 3:09.7 |
| 27 | North Hall Cavaliers | 3:10.1 |
| 28 | West Hall III | 3:10.3 |
| 29 | South Hall Buccaneers | 3:11.1 |
| 30 | Kappa Delta Rho | 3:11.8 |
| 31 | Campbell House | 3:12.0 |
| 32 | Sigma Alpha Mu | 3:12.2 |
| 33 | Beta Theta Pi | 3:13.3 |
| Did Not Qualify | ||
| 34 | Phi Gamma Delta | 3:13.4 |
| 35 | Sigma Alpha Epsilon | 3:14.6 |
| 36 | Sigma Nu | 3:15.6 |
| 37 | Parks House | 3:17.7 |
| 38 | Phi Kappa | 3:18.1 |
| 39 | Delta Upsilon | 3:19.7 |
| 40 | Acacia | 3:23.2 |