| Club | Pts | J. | G. | N. | P. | BP. | BC. | Diff. | |
| 1 | ST-ETIENNE | 66 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 74 | 40 | 34 |
| 2 | NANTES | 58 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 41 | 22 |
| 3 | LYON | 55 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 64 | 51 | 13 |
| 4 | ANGERS | 54 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 77 | 57 | 20 |
| 5 | NICE | 54 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 71 | 55 | 16 |
| 6 | REIMS | 50 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 67 | 62 | 5 |
| 7 | SOCHAUX | 49 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 46 | 13 |
| 8 | STRASBOURG | 45 | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 67 | -5 |
| 9 | NIMES | 44 | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 37 | 4 |
| 10 | LENS | 44 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 58 | 65 | -7 |
| 11 | METZ | 43 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 53 | 53 | 0 |
| 12 | MARSEILLE | 43 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 58 | 62 | -4 |
| 13 | RENNES | 43 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 47 | -5 |
| 14 | BORDEAUX | 42 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 55 | 57 | -2 |
| 15 | BASTIA | 41 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 49 | -5 |
| 16 | MONACO | 41 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 64 | 73 | -9 |
| 17 | TROYES | 41 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 52 | 63 | -11 |
| 18 | NANCY | 41 | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 51 | 67 | -16 |
| 19 | PARIS-FC | 36 | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 54 | 79 | -25 |
| 20 | SEDAN | 28 | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 42 | 80 | -38 |