| 1997 Men's Qualifications Results | ||
| Place | Team | Time |
| 1 | Sigma Alpha Epsilon | 2:15.578 |
| 2 | Phi Kappa Psi | 2:19.533 |
| 3 | Sigma Nu | 2:20.631 |
| 4 | Phi Delta Theta | 2:22.254 |
| 5 | Dodds House | 2:23.298 |
| 6 | Sigma Phi Epsilon | 2:23.655 |
| 7 | Phi Gamma Delta | 2:23.919 |
| 8 | Sigma Chi | 2:24.306 |
| 9 | Beta Theta Pi | 2:24.536 |
| 10 | Delta Chi | 2:26.424 |
| 11 | Delta Upsilon | 2:26.451 |
| 12 | Acacia | 2:27.942 |
| 13 | Delta Tau Delta | 2:28.868 |
| 14 | Pi Kappa Alpha | 2:29.856 |
| 15 | Theta Chi | 2:29.876 |
| 16 | South Cottage Grove | 2:30.586 |
| 17 | Pi Kappa Phi | 2:30.608 |
| 18 | Pneuma | 2:30.963 |
| 19 | Cutters | 2:31.718 |
| 20 | Chi Phi | 2:31.854 |
| 21 | Cinzano | 2:32.556 |
| 22 | Alpha Tau Omega | 2:33.198 |
| 23 | Kappa Sigma | 2:33.634 |
| 24 | Sigma Pi | 2:33.865 |
| 25 | Mezcla | 2:33.974 |
| 26 | Wright Cycling | 2:34.295 |
| 27 | Collins Buccaneers | 2:35.030 |
| 28 | Alpha Sigma Phi | 2:36.273 |
| 29 | Evans Scholars | 2:36.892 |
| 30 | McNutt Cychos | 2:37.364 |
| 31 | Zeta Beta Tau | 2:38.825 |
| 32 | Lambda Chi Alpha | 2:39.321 |
| 33 | Army ROTC | 2:41.319 |