| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | TP | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lyon | 30 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 877:480 | 117 | |
| 2. | Agen | 30 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 774:534 | 98 | |
| 3. | Stade Rochelais | 30 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 723:476 | 98 | |
| 4. | Section Paloise | 30 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 635:503 | 93 | |
| 5. | Narbonne | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 801:603 | 88 | |
| 6. | Tarbes Pyrenees | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 658:577 | 80 | |
| 7. | Mont-de-Marsan | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 597:575 | 68 | |
| 8. | CS Bourgoin-Jallieu | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 597:598 | 67 | |
| 9. | Colomiers | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 568:532 | 66 | |
| 10. | Beziers | 30 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 521:688 | 60 | |
| 11. | Aurillac | 30 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 602:709 | 59 | |
| 12. | Albi | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 603:728 | 54 | |
| 13. | US Dax | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 457:705 | 53 | |
| 14. | Carcassonne | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 580:795 | 50 | |
| 15. | Auch | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 485:759 | 44 | |
| 16. | Bourg-en-Bresse | 30 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 537:753 | 41 |