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