| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 20 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Hull City | 20 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 18 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 6 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 7 | 19 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| 8 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 9 | 21 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 11 | Carlisle United | 20 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 12 | 21 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 26 | ||||
| 13 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | ||||
| 14 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 15 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 19 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Port Vale | 19 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Bradford City | 19 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 19 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 20 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 41 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 31 | |||