| Athlete | Yr. | Team | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaForrest CHURCH | JR | Memphis | 1:49.77 |
| 2 | Wade GARDNER | FR | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 1:51.59 |
| 3 | Jordan BROWN | SR | Unattached | 1:51.65 |
| 4 | Kameron LONG | SR | SE Missouri | 1:51.95 |
| 5 | Malique SMITH | SO | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 1:53.08 |
| 6 | Jonathan CONLEY | JR | Tennessee-Martin | 1:53.22 |
| 7 | Matthew VIVEIROS | SO | Memphis | 1:53.31 |
| 8 | Namman NORMENT | SO | Memphis | 1:54.40 |
| 9 | Anthony NEWBERN | UNA | UNAT-Southern Illinois | 1:56.00 |
| 10 | Austin RAY | SO | Lipscomb | 1:56.35 |
| 11 | Josh PESTKA | FR | Western Illinois | 1:56.52 |
| 12 | Danny MARSH | SO | Lipscomb | 1:56.73 |
| 13 | Bastian GRAU | JR | Southern Indiana | 1:56.84 |
| 14 | Psalm OCAMPO | SO | Lipscomb | 1:56.90 |
| 15 | Nathan MORGAN | SO | Lipscomb | 1:56.95 |
| 16 | Chase BROUGHTON | SR | Southern Indiana | 1:57.27 |
| 17 | Tyler KRUSE | SO | Southern Indiana | 1:57.70 |
| 18 | Bryant LOESCH | JR | Lipscomb | 1:58.23 |
| 19 | Brody BEILER | FR | Lipscomb | 1:58.44 |
| 20 | Almustapha SILVESTER | SO | Southern Indiana | 1:58.51 |
| 21 | Woodrow MURRAY | SO | Central Arkansas | 1:58.54 |
| 22 | Andrew SLOAN | SR | Saint Louis | 1:58.77 |
| 23 | Jon SCHAEFER | FR | Saint Louis | 1:58.87 |
| 24 | Harlan CLARKE | SR | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 1:59.76 |
| 25 | Kevin CAMPBELL | FR | SIU-Edwardsville | 1:59.83 |
| 26 | James KOSBAR | SO | SE Missouri | 2:00.17 |
| 27 | Demontrae LAPSLEY | FR | Southern Indiana | 2:01.21 |
| 28 | Lucas LINGLE | SO | Western Illinois | 2:01.99 |
| 29 | Collin GUNN | FR | Lipscomb | 2:02.00 |
| 30 | Grant KAISER | JR | Western Illinois | 2:02.00 |
| 31 | Chris OWEN | FR | Arkansas State | 2:03.50 |
| 32 | Robert CENTENO | SO | Western Illinois | 2:03.54 |
| 33 | Travion MUNN | SR | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2:04.18 |
| 34 | Rhett RAIBLEY | SR | Arkansas State | 2:05.44 |
| 35 | Roosevelt BARNETT | SR | Arkansas State | 2:06.06 |
| 36 | Jonathan MARTINEZ | FR | Southern Indiana | 2:07.81 |
| 37 | Sean ADAMS | FR | Arkansas State | 2:08.60 |