| CO Roubaix Tourcoing beat Nancy 2-0 (A) on 16 Sep 1951 |
| Nancy beat Nîmes 2-1 (A) on 9 Sep 1951 |
| Nîmes beat Lens 4-1 (H) on 16 Sep 1951 |
| Lens beat Sochaux 3-1 (H) on 9 Sep 1951 |
| Sochaux beat Nice 2-0 (H) on 26 Aug 1951 |
| Nice beat Strasbourg 2-1 (H) on 16 Sep 1951 |
| Strasbourg beat Olympique Lyonnais 3-2 (A) on 1 Jul 1951 |
| Olympique Lyonnais beat Le Havre 3-0 (H) on 2 Sep 1951 |
| Le Havre beat Racing 6-2 (A) on 1 Jul 1951 |
| Racing beat Saint Étienne 3-0 (A) on 26 Aug 1951 |
| Saint Étienne beat Sète 2-1 (H) on 9 Sep 1951 |
| Sète beat Bordeaux 1-0 (H) on 16 Sep 1951 |
| Bordeaux beat Lille 6-0 (H) on 9 Sep 1951 |
| Lille beat Rennes 9-1 (H) on 2 Sep 1951 |
| Rennes beat Reims 2-0 (H) on 9 Sep 1951 |
| Reims beat Metz 2-0 (H) on 16 Sep 1951 |
| Metz beat Marseille 2-1 (H) on 9 Sep 1951 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.