| 1954 Qualifications Results | ||
| Place | Team | Time |
| 1 | North hall Barons | 2:31.9 |
| 2 | Friar Hall | 2:42.7 |
| 3 | Phi Gamma Delta | 2:43.0 |
| 4 | Acacia | 2:43.3 |
| 5 | Phi Delta Theta | 2:44.4 |
| 6 | Sigma Alpha Epsilon | 2:45.1 |
| 7 | Delta Chi | 2:45.1 |
| 8 | Alpha Tau Omega | 2:46.7 |
| 9 | Sigma Nu | 2:46.7 |
| 10 | Kappa Delta Rho | 2:47.1 |
| 11 | Delta Upsilon | 2:49.3 |
| 12 | Tau Kappa Epsilon | 2:50.1 |
| 13 | Phi Kappa Psi | 2:50.4 |
| 14 | Sigma Pi | 2:50.5 |
| 15 | Phi Kappa Psi | 2:50.8 |
| 16 | Beta Theta Pi | 2:51.8 |
| 17 | Alpha Phi Alpha | 2:52.8 |
| 18 | Jenkins House | 2:53.0 |
| 19 | Theta Chi | 2:53.3 |
| 20 | Sigma Alpha Mu | 2:55.1 |
| 21 | Dodds House | 2:55.3 |
| 22 | Sigma Chi | 2:55.7 |
| 23 | Dunn House | 2:56.2 |
| 24 | Todd House | 2:57.0 |
| 25 | Lambda Chi Alpha | 2:57.3 |
| 26 | Phi Sigma Kappa | 2:59.4 |
| 27 | Delta Tau Delta | 2:59.6 |
| 28 | South Hall "B" | 2:59.7 |
| 29 | Rogers West "W" | 2:59.8 |
| 30 | Harding House | 3:00.0 |
| 31 | Parks House | 3:03.7 |
| 32 | Pi Kappa Phi | 3:01.4 |
| 33 | Zeta Beta Tau | 3:02.2 |