| # | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | 4T | L<7 | Points | P/M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Harlequins | 26 | 25 | - | 1 | 1001 | 337 | 664 | 20 | 1 | 121 | 4.65 |
| 2 |  Bedford Blues | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 906 | 542 | 364 | 17 | 5 | 100 | 3.85 |
| 3 |  Cornish Pirates | 26 | 19 | - | 7 | 682 | 560 | 122 | 12 | 2 | 90 | 3.46 |
| 4 |  Rotherham Titans | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 715 | 613 | 102 | 13 | 4 | 79 | 3.04 |
| 5 |  Plymouth Albion | 26 | 14 | - | 12 | 639 | 537 | 102 | 11 | 8 | 75 | 2.88 |
| 6 |  Exeter Chiefs | 26 | 14 | - | 12 | 594 | 602 | -8 | 9 | 6 | 71 | 2.73 |
| 7 |  Nottingham | 26 | 13 | - | 13 | 642 | 604 | 38 | 9 | 5 | 66 | 2.54 |
| 8 |  Coventry | 26 | 9 | - | 17 | 593 | 732 | -139 | 10 | 9 | 53 | 2.04 |
| 9 |  Otley | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 540 | 627 | -87 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 2 |
| 10 |  Doncaster Knights | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 555 | 697 | -142 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 2 |
| 11 |  London Welsh | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 536 | 700 | -164 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 1.73 |
| 12 |  Newbury | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 614 | 905 | -291 | 9 | 1 | 42 | 1.68 |
| 13 |  Sedgley Park | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 529 | 856 | -327 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 1.58 |
| 14 |  Birmingham Solihull | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 501 | 735 | -234 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 1.4 |
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.