With one race left before the Chase Jimmie Johnson has the lead with Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, and Jeff Gordon rounding out the top five.
| Pos. | Driver | Pts | Wins | Behind |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 873 | 1 | – |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 852 | 4 | -21 |
| 3 | Carl Edwards | 835 | 1 | -38 |
| 4 | Matt Kenseth | 834 | 2 | -39 |
| 5 | Jeff Gordon | 830 | 3 | -43 |
| 6 | Kevin Harvick | 819 | 3 | -54 |
| 7 | Kurt Busch | 789 | 1 | -84 |
| 8 | Ryan Newman | 786 | 1 | -87 |
| 9 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 753 | 0 | -120 |
| 10 | Tony Stewart | 751 | 0 | -122 |
| 11 | Brad Keselowski | 728 | 3 | -145 |
| 12 | Denny Hamlin | 709 | 1 | -164 |
| 13 | A.J. Allmendinger | 698 | 0 | -175 |
| 14 | Clint Bowyer | 697 | 0 | -176 |
| 15 | Greg Biffle | 681 | 0 | -192 |
| 16 | Martin Truex, Jr. | 676 | 0 | -197 |
| 17 | Kasey Kahne | 667 | 0 | -206 |
| 18 | Joey Logano | 662 | 0 | -211 |
| 19 | Mark Martin | 660 | 0 | -213 |
| 20 | Paul Menard | 657 | 1 | -216 |
| 21 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 650 | 0 | -223 |
| 22 | Marcos Ambrose | 650 | 1 | -223 |
| 23 | David Ragan | 637 | 1 | -236 |
| 24 | Jeff Burton | 603 | 0 | -270 |
| 25 | Jamie McMurray | 579 | 0 | -294 |
| 26 | Regan Smith | 563 | 1 | -310 |
| 27 | Brian Vickers | 560 | 0 | -313 |
| 28 | David Reutimann | 538 | 0 | -335 |
| 29 | Bobby Labonte | 515 | 0 | -358 |
| 30 | David Gilliland | 429 | 0 | -444 |
| 31 | Casey Mears | 360 | 0 | -513 |
| 32 | Dave Blaney | 324 | 0 | -549 |
| 33 | Andy Lally | 321 | 0 | -552 |
| 34 | Robby Gordon | 229 | 0 | -644 |
| 35 | Tony Raines | 129 | 0 | -744 |
| 36 | J.J. Yeley | 101 | 0 | -772 |
| 37 | Bill Elliott | 100 | 0 | -773 |
| 38 | Terry Labonte | 92 | 0 | -781 |
| 39 | Ken Schrader | 87 | 0 | -786 |
| 40 | Michael McDowell | 86 | 0 | -787 |
| 41 | David Stremme | 49 | 0 | -824 |
| 42 | Boris Said | 38 | 0 | -835 |
| 43 | Michael Waltrip | 20 | 0 | -853 |
| 44 | Mike Bliss | 20 | 0 | -853 |
| 45 | Andy Pilgrim | 18 | 0 | -855 |
| 46 | Chris Cook | 17 | 0 | -856 |
| 47 | T.J. Bell | 14 | 0 | -859 |
| 48 | Brian Simo | 11 | 0 | -862 |
| 49 | Dennis Setzer | 6 | 0 | -867 |
| 50 | Geoffrey Bodine | 6 | 0 | -867 |
| 51 | Erik Darnell | 5 | 0 | -868 |
| 52 | Brian Keselowski | 3 | 0 | -870 |
| 53 | Steve Park | 2 | 0 | -871 |
