| # | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | 4T | L<7 | Points | P/M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Harlequins | 13 | 13 | - | - | 613 | 157 | 456 | 13 | - | 65 | 5 |
| 2 |  Bedford Blues | 13 | 11 | - | 2 | 473 | 255 | 218 | 9 | 2 | 55 | 4.23 |
| 3 |  Rotherham Titans | 13 | 11 | - | 2 | 432 | 259 | 173 | 9 | - | 53 | 4.08 |
| 4 |  Cornish Pirates | 13 | 11 | - | 2 | 388 | 236 | 152 | 8 | 1 | 53 | 4.08 |
| 5 |  Plymouth Albion | 13 | 10 | - | 3 | 395 | 266 | 129 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 3.69 |
| 6 |  Exeter Chiefs | 13 | 10 | - | 3 | 329 | 210 | 119 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 3.69 |
| 7 |  Nottingham | 13 | 9 | - | 4 | 319 | 260 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 3.23 |
| 8 |  Doncaster Knights | 13 | 8 | - | 5 | 309 | 326 | -17 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 2.85 |
| 9 |  London Welsh | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 318 | 280 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 2.77 |
| 10 |  Sedgley Park | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 329 | 361 | -32 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 2.54 |
| 11 |  Coventry | 13 | 6 | - | 7 | 325 | 314 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 2.38 |
| 12 |  Otley | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 297 | 262 | 35 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 2.38 |
| 13 |  Newbury | 12 | 6 | - | 6 | 334 | 390 | -56 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 2.5 |
| 14 |  Birmingham Solihull | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 270 | 340 | -70 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 2 |
P = Matches played,
W = Matches won,
D = Matches drawn,
L = Matches lost,
PF = Points for,
PA = Points against,
PD = Points difference,
L<7 = Losing bonus points collected,
P/M = Points / match.