| Le Havre beat Le Mans 3-0 (H) on 22 Sep 2001 |
| Le Mans beat Martigues 1-0 (H) on 29 Aug 2001 |
| Martigues beat Créteil Lusitanos 3-1 (H) on 8 Sep 2001 |
| Créteil Lusitanos beat Gueugnon 3-1 (H) on 29 Aug 2001 |
| Gueugnon beat Nancy 1-0 (A) on 18 Aug 2001 |
| Nancy beat Stade Lavallois 2-1 (H) on 15 Sep 2001 |
| Stade Lavallois beat Nîmes 1-0 (H) on 25 Aug 2001 |
| Nîmes beat Beauvais 3-1 (A) on 29 Sep 2001 |
| Beauvais beat Strasbourg 1-0 (H) on 16 Sep 2001 |
| Strasbourg beat Châteauroux 2-0 (H) on 24 Aug 2001 |
| Châteauroux beat Amiens 2-0 (H) on 18 Aug 2001 |
| Amiens beat Caen 4-2 (A) on 29 Aug 2001 |
| Caen beat Nice 1-0 (H) on 14 Sep 2001 |
| Nice beat Chamois Niortais 3-1 (H) on 25 Aug 2001 |
| Chamois Niortais beat Istres 2-0 (H) on 18 Aug 2001 |
| Istres beat Saint Étienne 2-1 (A) on 28 Jul 2001 |
| Saint Étienne beat Ajaccio 1-0 (H) on 28 Aug 2001 |
| Ajaccio beat Grenoble 1-0 (A) on 15 Sep 2001 |
| Grenoble beat ES Wasquehal 2-1 (H) on 29 Aug 2001 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.