| # | Group A | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Smart City | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15:6 | 9 | 21 | |
| 2. | Heartland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14:5 | 9 | 19 | |
| 3. | Crown FC | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12:4 | 8 | 15 | |
| 4. | Beyond Limits FC | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11:4 | 7 | 15 | |
| 5. | Sunshine Stars | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10:3 | 7 | 15 | |
| 6. | Edel | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8:6 | 2 | 15 | |
| 7. | Inter Lagos | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11:3 | 8 | 13 | |
| 8. | Abia Comets | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11:12 | -1 | 13 | |
| 9. | Gateway Utd. | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4:6 | -2 | 6 | |
| # | Group B | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Akwa United | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13:1 | 12 | 24 | |
| 2. | Ekiti United | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13:3 | 10 | 24 | |
| 3. | Stormers | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20:12 | 8 | 21 | |
| 4. | Solution | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14:7 | 7 | 21 | |
| 5. | Abakaliki | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11:3 | 8 | 19 | |
| 6. | Rovers FC | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10:5 | 5 | 18 | |
| 7. | Godswill Akpabio | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14:3 | 11 | 17 | |
| 8. | Sporting Lagos | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12:6 | 6 | 15 | |
| 9. | Osun | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10:7 | 3 | 14 | |
| 10. | First Bank | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7:5 | 2 | 11 | |
| # | Group C | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Doma United | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12:1 | 11 | 21 | |
| 2. | Basira | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13:3 | 10 | 19 | |
| 3. | Lobi Stars | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11:3 | 8 | 19 | |
| 4. | Mighty Jets | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11:4 | 7 | 16 | |
| 5. | Kada Warriors | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9:4 | 5 | 15 | |
| 6. | ABS | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7:3 | 4 | 14 | |
| 7. | Sokoto | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5:2 | 3 | 14 | |
| 8. | City FC Abuja | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8:5 | 3 | 13 | |
| # | Group D | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Ranchers Bees | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9:0 | 9 | 18 | |
| 2. | Adamawa Utd | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10:2 | 8 | 18 | |
| 3. | Jigawa Golden Stars | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10:3 | 7 | 16 | |
| 4. | Yobe Stars | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11:1 | 10 | 15 | |
| 5. | Bichi First | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9:2 | 7 | 14 | |
| 6. | Kebbi | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7:1 | 6 | 13 | |
| 7. | Gombe | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5:2 | 3 | 11 | |
| 8. | Sporting Supreme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 |