Standings

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Akwa Utd	38	19	14	5	53	24	+29	71
2	Rivers United	38	19	9	10	51	36	+15	66
3	Enyimba	38	18	12	8	41	33	+8	66
4	Kwara Utd	38	19	8	11	48	28	+20	65
5	Nasarawa Utd	38	20	5	13	55	38	+17	65
6	Kano Pillars	38	19	7	12	38	29	+9	64
7	Rangers	38	18	8	12	43	31	+12	62
8	Lobi Stars	38	17	7	14	43	39	+4	58
9	Plateau Utd	38	14	9	15	45	35	+10	51
10	MFM	38	13	12	13	34	35	-1	51
11	Dakkada	38	15	5	18	37	47	-10	50
12	Kastina Utd	38	14	7	17	35	42	-7	49
13	Heartland	38	13	9	16	43	50	-4	48
14	Abia Warriors	38	12	11	15	48	42	+6	47
15	Wikki Tourists	38	12	9	17	40	47	-7	45
16	Sunshine Stars	38	11	12	15	28	39	-11	45
17	Jigawa G. Stars	38	11	10	17	29	46	-17	43
18	Warri Wolves	38	11	8	19	30	45	-15	41
19	Ifeanyi Uba	38	9	12	17	33	51	-18	39
20	Adamawa Utd	38	5	10	23	20	55	-35	25