| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Rotherham United | 27 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Carlisle United | 27 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 27 | 46 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 25 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 6 | 26 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 8 | 27 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 28 | ||||
| 9 | 25 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | Bradford City | 25 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 26 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | 26 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | ||||
| 13 | 24 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | ||||
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 15 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Hartlepools United | 27 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 18 | 26 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | 25 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 31 | ||||
| 20 | Barrow | 27 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 36 | |||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 22 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 31 | ||||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 26 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 24 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 37 | ||||