| Box | Institution | ||||
| 1 | Mars Hill College | ||||
| 2 | Morehead State Univ. | ||||
| 3 | Vanderbilt University | ||||
| 4 | East Tennessee State Univ. | ||||
| 5 | Univ. of Alabama-Huntsville | ||||
| 6 | Univ. of NC-Asheville | ||||
| 7 | Bellarmine University | ||||
| 8 | Lee University | ||||
| 9 | Southeast Missouri State University | ||||
| 10 | Wright State University | ||||
| 11 | Eastern Kentucky University | ||||
| 12 | Univ. of Southern Indiana | ||||
| 13 | Shawnee State University | ||||
| 14 | Missouri Univ. of Science & Tech | ||||
| 15 | Univ. of Louisville | ||||
| 16 | Shorter College | ||||
| 17 | Univ. of Detroit-Mercy | ||||
| 18 | Northern Kentucky University | ||||
| 19 | Univ. of Tennessee | ||||
| 20 | Western Carolina University | ||||
| 21 | Davidson College | ||||
| 22 | Univ. of Mississippi | ||||
| 23 | Georgia State University | ||||
| 24 | Belmont University | ||||
| 25 | Lipscomb University | ||||
| 26 | Birmingham-Southern College | ||||
| 27 | Lindenwood University | ||||
| 28 | Berea College | ||||
| 29 | Southern Illinois University | ||||
| 30 | Middle Tennessee State Univ. | ||||
| 31 | Rend Lake College | ||||
| 32 | Winthrop University | ||||
| 33 | Western Kentucky University | ||||
| 34 | Univ. of the Cumberlands | ||||
| 35 | UNATTACHED RUNNERS | ||||
| UNATTACHED ATHLETES- Box 35 | |||||
| Tim Sirbek (Gold Race #1) | #1 Seed Box 35 | ||||
| Kotut (Danville CC) | #1 Seed Box 35 | ||||
| Cory Thorne (Gold Race #1) | #1 Seed Box 35 | ||||
| Mohamed Mohamed (Gold Race #1) | #1 Seed Box 35 | ||||
| Jordan Anderson (Gold Race #1) | #2 Seed Box 35 | ||||
| Dave Santelik (Gold Race #1) | #2 Seed Box 35 | ||||
| Tristan Mannix (Gold Race #1) | #2 Seed Box 35 | ||||
| Grant Allen (Gold Race #1) | #2 Seed Box 35 | ||||
| Matt Elliott (Gold Race #1) | #3 Seed Box 35 | ||||