A l'issue de la 12e journée de Ligue 1, voici le classement complet du championnat de France. Les Girondins de Bordeaux conservent la tête juste devant l'Olympique Lyonnais. En bas de tableau, le Grenoble Foot 38 continue d'afficher un 0 pointé.
| Pos | Equipe | Pts | J |
G | N | P | Bp | Bc | Diff |
| 1 | Bordeaux | 25 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | +13 |
| 2 | Lyon | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 |
| 3 | Monaco | 21 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | +5 |
| 4 | Montpellier | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | +3 |
| 5 | Auxerre | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 |
| 6 | Valenciennes | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | +7 |
| 7 | Marseille | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | +7 |
| 8 | Lorient | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | +4 |
| 9 | Nancy | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 |
| 10 | Paris SG | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 |
| 11 | Rennes | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | +6 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | +3 |
| 13 | Sochaux | 15 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -5 |
| 14 | Nice | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -7 |
| 15 | Lille | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 |
| 16 | St Etienne | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -6 |
| 17 | Boulogne/Mer | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -8 |
| 18 | Lens | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -10 |
| 19 | Le Mans | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -7 |
| 20 | Grenoble | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 23 | -18 |
(Par Pierre-Damien Lacourte)