| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 13 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 2 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | Aldershot | 13 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 13 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Cambridge United | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 6 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 7 | Exeter City | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Newport County | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Reading | 12 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Barnsley | 13 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 11 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 13 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 14 | Hartlepool | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 15 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 16 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 17 | Northampton Town | 12 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 18 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | ||||
| 19 | Bradford City | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 21 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | ||||
| 22 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 23 | Colchester United | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Peterborough United | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 24 | |||