The mass spectrum of the positive parity [56,2⁺] baryons is studied in the 1/N_c expansion up to and including O1/N_c effects with SU(3) symmetry breaking implemented to first order. A total of eighteen mass relations result, several of which are tested with the available data. The breaking of spin-flavor symmetry is dominated by the hyperfine interactions, while spin-orbit effects are found to be small.