| # | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | 4T | L<7 | Points | P/M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bedford Blues | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 494 | 199 | 295 | 10 | 1 | 65 | 4.33 |
| 2 | Leeds Tykes | 15 | 13 | - | 2 | 462 | 205 | 257 | 10 | 2 | 64 | 4.27 |
| 3 |  Cornish Pirates | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 479 | 221 | 258 | 9 | - | 61 | 4.07 |
| 4 |  Rotherham Titans | 15 | 12 | - | 3 | 502 | 233 | 269 | 11 | 1 | 60 | 4 |
| 5 |  Plymouth Albion | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 400 | 200 | 200 | 7 | 2 | 59 | 3.93 |
| 6 |  Doncaster Knights | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 465 | 268 | 197 | 8 | 1 | 59 | 3.93 |
| 7 |  Exeter Chiefs | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 402 | 238 | 164 | 8 | - | 58 | 3.87 |
| 8 |  Nottingham | 15 | 9 | - | 6 | 484 | 301 | 183 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 3.2 |
| 9 |  Birmingham Solihull | 15 | 8 | - | 7 | 403 | 389 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 44 | 2.93 |
| 10 |  Coventry | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 343 | 339 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 2.73 |
| 11 |  Sedgley Park | 15 | 6 | - | 9 | 333 | 455 | -122 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 2.13 |
| 12 |  Newbury | 15 | 6 | - | 9 | 323 | 356 | -33 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 2.07 |
| 13 |  London Welsh | 15 | 5 | - | 10 | 299 | 419 | -120 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 1.8 |
| 14 |  Moseley | 15 | 5 | - | 10 | 283 | 449 | -166 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 1.73 |
| 15 |  Otley | 15 | 4 | - | 11 | 221 | 387 | -166 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1.33 |
| 16 |  Waterloo | 15 | 1 | - | 14 | 247 | 564 | -317 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0.53 |
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.