| # | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | 4T | L<7 | Points | P/M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bedford Blues | 30 | 6 | - | 24 | 621 | 1000 | -379 | - | 18 | 639 | 21.3 |
| 2 |  Rotherham Titans | 33 | 9 | - | 24 | 544 | 1077 | -533 | - | 15 | 559 | 16.94 |
| 3 |  Coventry | 22 | 10 | - | 12 | 472 | 599 | -127 | - | 13 | 485 | 22.05 |
| 4 |  Nottingham | 22 | 5 | - | 17 | 456 | 677 | -221 | - | 10 | 466 | 21.18 |
| 5 |  London Welsh | 26 | 6 | - | 20 | 418 | 695 | -277 | - | 10 | 428 | 16.46 |
| 6 |  Plymouth Albion | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 369 | 453 | -84 | - | 8 | 377 | 18.85 |
| 7 | Leeds Tykes | 20 | 1 | - | 19 | 361 | 723 | -362 | - | 11 | 372 | 18.6 |
| 8 |  Cornish Pirates | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 355 | 569 | -214 | - | 12 | 367 | 18.35 |
| 9 | Wakefield | 14 | 6 | - | 8 | 335 | 311 | 24 | - | 4 | 339 | 24.21 |
| 10 |  Exeter Chiefs | 20 | 4 | - | 16 | 313 | 641 | -328 | - | 11 | 324 | 16.2 |
| 11 |  Waterloo | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 318 | 232 | 86 | - | 4 | 322 | 26.83 |
| 12 |  Bristol Bears | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 312 | 540 | -228 | - | 9 | 321 | 20.06 |
| 13 |  Doncaster Knights | 18 | 6 | - | 12 | 311 | 434 | -123 | - | 8 | 319 | 17.72 |
| 14 |  Birmingham Solihull | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 274 | 353 | -79 | - | 4 | 278 | 19.86 |
| 15 |  London Scottish | 14 | 3 | - | 11 | 268 | 424 | -156 | - | 7 | 275 | 19.64 |
| 16 |  Otley | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 248 | 232 | 16 | - | 3 | 251 | 25.1 |
| 17 |  Rugby Lions | 10 | 7 | - | 3 | 247 | 192 | 55 | - | 4 | 251 | 25.1 |
| 18 |  Manchester | 10 | 5 | - | 5 | 242 | 190 | 52 | - | 3 | 245 | 24.5 |
| 19 |  Worcester Warriors | 14 | 3 | - | 11 | 209 | 524 | -315 | - | 9 | 218 | 15.57 |
| 20 |  Esher | 8 | 5 | - | 3 | 195 | 154 | 41 | - | 2 | 197 | 24.63 |
| 21 |  Orrell | 10 | 5 | - | 5 | 187 | 234 | -47 | - | 5 | 192 | 19.2 |
| 22 |  Jersey | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 182 | 155 | 27 | - | 4 | 186 | 23.25 |
| 23 |  Sedgley Park | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 170 | 128 | 42 | - | 3 | 173 | 28.83 |
| 24 |  Newbury | 6 | 3 | - | 3 | 145 | 127 | 18 | - | 1 | 146 | 24.33 |
| 25 |  Henley Hawks | 6 | 2 | - | 4 | 118 | 139 | -21 | - | 3 | 121 | 20.17 |
| 26 |  Blackheath | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | 112 | 103 | 9 | - | 3 | 115 | 19.17 |
| 27 | Fylde | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 109 | 62 | 47 | - | 2 | 111 | 27.75 |
| 28 |  Ealing Trailfinders | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 90 | 98 | -8 | - | 1 | 91 | 22.75 |
| 29 | West Hartlepool | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 58 | 25 | - | - | 83 | 20.75 |
| 30 |  Newcastle Falcons | 4 | - | - | 4 | 44 | 252 | -208 | - | 2 | 46 | 11.5 |
| 31 | Richmond | 2 | - | - | 2 | 42 | 124 | -82 | - | 1 | 43 | 21.5 |
| 32 |  Bracknell | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 36 | 43 | -7 | - | 2 | 38 | 19 |
| 33 |  Launceston | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 35 | 22 | 13 | - | - | 35 | 17.5 |
| 34 |  Northampton Saints | 2 | - | - | 2 | 30 | 95 | -65 | - | 1 | 31 | 15.5 |
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.