| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | Brentford | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| 9 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Aldershot | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 15 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 16 | Colchester United | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |||
| 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Barrow | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 20 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | Hartlepool | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 22 | Newport County | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 23 | Exeter City | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | ||||