| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Barnsley | 42 | 97 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 77 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 42 | 74 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 35 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 71 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 51 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 38 | |||
| 5 | 42 | 70 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 38 | ||||
| 6 | 42 | 69 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 39 | ||||
| 7 | Hull City | 42 | 64 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 49 | |||
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 63 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 47 | |||
| 9 | Stockport County | 42 | 60 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 57 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 53 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 42 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 43 | |||
| 11 | Wrexham | 42 | 58 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 51 | |||
| 12 | Barrow | 42 | 57 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 43 | |||
| 13 | 42 | 56 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 43 | ||||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 42 | 55 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 15 | 42 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 53 | ||||
| 16 | 42 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 41 | ||||
| 17 | 42 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 62 | ||||
| 18 | 42 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 78 | ||||
| 19 | Lincoln City | 42 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 59 | |||
| 20 | 42 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 58 | ||||
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 61 | |||
| 22 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 64 | |||