| 1978 Qualifications Results | |||
| Place | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Tau Kappa Epsilon | 2:23.50 | |
| 2 | Sigma Chi | 2:25.83 | |
| 3 | Delta Chi | 2:26.22 | |
| 4 | Phi Kappa Psi | 2:27.53 | |
| 5 | Delta Tau Delta | 2:27.64 | |
| 6 | Theta Chi | 2:28.21 | |
| 7 | Alpha Epsilon Pi | 2:28.24 | |
| 8 | Pi Kappa Phi | 2:28.44 | |
| 9 | Kappa Sigma | 2:29.39 | |
| 10 | Hummer House | 2:30.10 | |
| 11 | Nichols House | 2:30.30 | |
| 12 | Elkin II | 2:30.30 | |
| 13 | Sigma Nu | 2:30.46 | |
| 14 | Willkie South Suite | 2:30.91 | |
| 15 | Alpha Tau Omega | 2:30.98 | |
| 16 | Sigma Phi Epsilon | 2:31.11 | |
| 17 | Dodds House | 2:31.31 | |
| 18 | Lambda Chi Alpha | 2:31.35 | |
| 19 | Acacia | 2:31.35 | |
| 20 | Rollins House | 2:31.64 | |
| 21 | Pi Kappa Alpha | 2:31.74 | |
| 22 | Willkie Three | 2:31.76 | |
| 23 | Phi Delta Theta | 2:31.79 | |
| 24 | Sigma Pi | 2:31.98 | |
| 25 | Evans Scholars | 2:32.40 | |
| 26 | Phi Gamma Delta | 2:32.59 | |
| 27 | Willkie Deca | 2:32.93 | |
| 28 | Kappa Delta Rho | 2:33.99 | |
| 29 | Martin III | 2:34.01 | |
| 30 | Alpha Sigma Phi | 2:34.01 | |
| 31 | Magee I | 2:34.15 | |
| 32 | Wissler 5 | 2:34.37 | |
| 33 | Beta Theta Pi | 2:34.82 | |