| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Glentoran | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 30:14 | 16 | 37 | |
| 2. | Linfield | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 31:15 | 16 | 34 | |
| 3. | Cliftonville | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 25:13 | 12 | 33 | |
| 4. | Crusaders | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 25:17 | 8 | 31 | |
| 5. | Larne | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30:21 | 9 | 27 | |
| 6. | Glenavon | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 27:20 | 7 | 25 | |
| 7. | Coleraine | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23:21 | 2 | 16 | |
| 8. | Ballymena | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 14:27 | -13 | 16 | |
| 9. | Dungannon | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 18:39 | -21 | 15 | |
| 10. | Carrick Rangers | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15:34 | -19 | 9 | |
| 11. | Portadown | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12:41 | -29 | 8 | |
| 12. | Warrenpoint | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10:26 | -16 | 6 |