| pos | | pl | w | d | l | pts | f | a | % |
| 1 | FIT | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 744 | 476 | 156.3 |
| 2 | GEE | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 931 | 467 | 199.4 |
| 3 | COL | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 704 | 523 | 134.6 |
| 4 | ESS | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 772 | 525 | 147.0 |
| 5 | SME | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 679 | 565 | 120.2 |
| 6 | MEL | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 617 | 546 | 113.0 |
| 7 | CAR | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 415 | 692 | 60.0 |
| 8 | STK | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 323 | 1391 | 23.2 |
| rd | date | team score | | opponent | result | venue | h/a | net | rank | opp | line | swing | new net |
| 1 | Sat May 13 | 8. | 6 | 54 | v | COL | 3. | 9 | 27 | W | 27 | Corio Oval | H | +18.0 | 3/ 8 | +22.8 | -5 | +3.2 | +21.2 | ≡ |
| 2 | Sat May 20 | 5. | 6 | 36 | v | CAR | 1. | 5 | 11 | W | 25 | Princes Park | A | +21.2 | 1/ 8 | -27.9 | +49 | -2.4 | +18.8 | ≡ |
| 3 | Wed May 24 | 0. | 8 | 8 | v | FIT | 4. | 8 | 32 | L | 24 | Corio Oval | H | +18.8 | 1/ 8 | +16.4 | +2 | -2.6 | +16.2 | ≡ |
| 4 | Sat May 27 | 4. | 3 | 27 | v | MEL | 4. | 8 | 32 | L | 5 | M.C.G. | A | +16.2 | 2/ 8 | +4.2 | +12 | -1.7 | +14.5 | ≡ |
| 5 | Sat Jun 03 | 3. | 10 | 28 | v | ESS | 3. | 6 | 24 | W | 4 | Corio Oval | H | +14.5 | 2/ 8 | +15.2 | -1 | +0.5 | +14.9 | ≡ |
| 6 | Sat Jun 10 | 3. | 1 | 19 | v | SYD | 5. | 5 | 35 | L | 16 | Lake Oval | A | +14.9 | 1/ 8 | +6.9 | +20 | -3.6 | +11.3 | ≡ |
| 7 | Sat Jun 17 | 12. | 6 | 78 | v | STK | 3. | 13 | 31 | W | 47 | Junction Oval | A | +11.3 | 3/ 8 | -43.8 | +55 | -0.8 | +10.5 | ≡ |
| 8 | Sat Jun 24 | 9. | 7 | 61 | v | COL | 2. | 8 | 20 | W | 41 | Victoria Park | A | +10.5 | 5/ 8 | +13.3 | -3 | +4.4 | +14.9 | ≡ |
| 9 | Sat Jul 08 | 9. | 9 | 63 | v | CAR | 5. | 3 | 33 | W | 30 | Corio Oval | H | +14.9 | 1/ 8 | -21.0 | +36 | -0.6 | +14.3 | ≡ |
| 10 | Sat Jul 15 | 8. | 10 | 58 | v | FIT | 3. | 5 | 23 | W | 35 | Brunswick St | A | +14.3 | 3/ 8 | +16.1 | -2 | +3.7 | +18.0 | ≡ |
| 11 | Sat Jul 22 | 5. | 6 | 36 | v | MEL | 2. | 10 | 22 | W | 14 | Corio Oval | H | +18.0 | 1/ 8 | +4.2 | +14 | +0.0 | +18.0 | ≡ |
| 12 | Sat Jul 29 | 6. | 7 | 43 | v | ESS | 10. | 7 | 67 | L | 24 | East Melbourne | A | +18.0 | 1/ 8 | +13.6 | +4 | -2.8 | +15.2 | ≡ |
| 13 | Sat Aug 05 | 7. | 12 | 54 | v | SYD | 3. | 9 | 27 | W | 27 | Corio Oval | H | +15.2 | 2/ 8 | +6.5 | +21 | +0.6 | +15.8 | ≡ |
| 14 | Sat Aug 12 | 16. | 23 | 119 | v | STK | 0. | 2 | 2 | W | 117 | Corio Oval | H | +15.8 | 2/ 8 | -45.8 | +62 | +5.5 | +21.4 | ≡ |
| 15 | Sat Aug 26 | 5. | 8 | 38 | v | SYD | 6. | 5 | 41 | L | 3 | Corio Oval | H | +21.4 | 1/ 8 | +7.6 | +26 | -2.9 | +18.5 | ≡ |
| 16 | Sat Sep 02 | 6. | 11 | 47 | v | ESS | 4. | 15 | 39 | W | 8 | East Melbourne | A | +18.5 | 1/ 8 | +17.0 | +1 | +0.7 | +19.1 | ≡ |
| 17 | Sat Sep 09 | 23. | 24 | 162 | v | STK | 0. | 1 | 1 | W | 161 | Corio Oval | H | +19.1 | 1/ 8 | -56.3 | +75 | +8.6 | +27.7 | ≡ |