| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Rotherham United | 21 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 11 | |||
| 2 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Carlisle United | 22 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 5 | 23 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | ||||
| 6 | 22 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 22 | ||||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 21 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | Bradford City | 21 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 11 | 21 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Barrow | 23 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 16 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 17 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | ||||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 22 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 20 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 27 | ||||
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 34 | ||||
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 22 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 22 | |||