| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Linfield | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 39:4 | 35 | 43 | |
| 2. | Portadown | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34:19 | 15 | 33 | |
| 3. | Coleraine | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27:16 | 11 | 31 | |
| 4. | Cliftonville | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 37:29 | 8 | 31 | |
| 5. | Crusaders | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31:22 | 9 | 29 | |
| 6. | Glentoran | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 30:27 | 3 | 23 | |
| 7. | Glenavon | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 23:26 | -3 | 19 | |
| 8. | Donegal | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17:32 | -15 | 15 | |
| 9. | Dungannon | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16:35 | -19 | 13 | |
| 10. | Carrick Rangers | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21:36 | -15 | 11 | |
| 11. | Ballymena | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 21:40 | -19 | 11 | |
| 12. | Lisburn Distillery | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 18:41 | -23 | 9 |