| P | W | L | LWF | LTF | DW1 | DL1 | DWF | DLF | ND | A | Pts | |||
| 1 | Yorkshire | 26 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 216 | |
| 2 | Middlesex | 26 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 204 | |
| 3 | Lancashire | 26 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 200 | |
| 4 | Somerset | 26 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 166 | |
| 5 | Gloucestershire | 26 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 160 | |
| 6 | Glamorgan | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 144 | |
| Kent | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 144 | ||
| 8 | Essex | 26 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 120 | |
| Worcestershire | 26 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 120 | ||
| 10 | Hampshire | 26 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112 | |
| 11 | Leicestershire | 26 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100 | |
| Surrey | 26 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 100 | ||
| 13 | Nottinghamshire | 26 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 96 | |
| 14 | Warwickshire | 26 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 92 | |
| 15 | Derbyshire | 26 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 88 | |
| 16 | Northamptonshire | 26 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 64 | |
| 17 | Sussex | 26 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 60 |
| Points Awarded and Column Key: | |
| Won (W): 12 | |
| Lost (L): 0 | |
| Lost but won on 1st innings (LWF): 4 | |
| Lost but tied on 1st innings (LTF): 2 | |
| Won on 1st innings in drawn match played under 1-day rules (DW1): 8 | |
| Lost on 1st innings in drawn match played under 1-day rules (DL1): 0 | |
| Won on 1st innings in drawn match (DWF): 4 | |
| Lost on 1st innings in drawn match (DLF): 0 | |
| No Decision on 1st innings (ND): 0 | |
| Abandoned without a ball bowled (A): 0 | |
| Total points (Pts) |
| Order in the table: | |
| Position of teams in the table is determined by: | |
| Total points |