| 1981 Little 500 Qualifications | |||||
| Place | Team | Time | |||
| 1 | Phi Delta Theta | 2:25.67 | |||
| 2 | Delta Chi | 2:25.89 | |||
| 3 | Parks House | 2:26.57 | |||
| 4 | dodds House | 2:26.81 | |||
| 5 | kappa Sigma | 2:27.02 | |||
| 6 | Sigma Chi | 2:27.50 | |||
| 7 | Tau Kappa Epsilon | 2:27.52 | |||
| 8 | Theta Chi | 2:27.70 | |||
| 9 | Chi Phi | 2:28.04 | |||
| 10 | Wissler Five | 2:28.25 | |||
| 11 | Phi Kappa Psi | 2:28.61 | |||
| 12 | Sigma Nu | 2:29.04 | |||
| 13 | Sigma Alpha Epsilon | 2:29.34 | |||
| 14 | Jenkins House | 2:29.46 | |||
| 15 | Phi Gamma Delta | 2:29.48 | |||
| 16 | Pi Kappa Alpha | 2:29.52 | |||
| 17 | Alpha Sigma Phi | 2:29.73 | |||
| 18 | Willkie Wheelmen | 2:30.24 | |||
| 19 | Alpha Tau Omega | 2:30.88 | |||
| 20 | Acacia | 2:31.11 | |||
| 21 | Wissler three | 2:31.40 | |||
| 22 | Hummer House | 2:31.52 | |||
| 23 | Sigma Phi Epsilon | 2:31.61 | |||
| 24 | Rollins House | 2:31.79 | |||
| 25 | Alpha Epsilon Pi | 2:32.01 | |||
| 26 | Evens Scholars | 2:32.09 | |||
| 27 | Boisen I | 2:32.11 | |||
| 28 | Pi Kappa Phi | 2:32.92 | |||
| 29 | Sigma Pi | 2:33.51 | |||
| 30 | Nichols House | 2:34.34 | |||
| 31 | Blitzkriegers | 2:34.78 | |||
| 32 | Curry Two | 2:34.82 | |||
| 33 | Delta Tau Delta | 2:35.92 | |||