| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 38 | 69 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Doncaster Rovers | 38 | 67 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 32 | |||
| 3 | Hull City | 38 | 66 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 37 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 39 | 64 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 37 | 62 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 7 | 37 | 60 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 38 | ||||
| 8 | 37 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 36 | ||||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 39 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 10 | 38 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 39 | ||||
| 11 | Wrexham | 38 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 46 | |||
| 12 | 38 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 44 | ||||
| 13 | 39 | 48 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 47 | ||||
| 14 | 37 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 38 | ||||
| 15 | Port Vale | 39 | 46 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 42 | |||
| 16 | 38 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 48 | ||||
| 17 | Bradford City | 38 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 44 | |||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 37 | 43 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 42 | |||
| 19 | Barrow | 38 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 49 | |||
| 20 | 38 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 42 | ||||
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 38 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 38 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 38 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 60 | |||