| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 26 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | ||||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Exeter City | 27 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Aldershot | 27 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 28 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 6 | Newport County | 26 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Cambridge United | 27 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 8 | 27 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 19 | ||||
| 9 | Stockport County | 26 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Barnsley | 28 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 11 | 27 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 12 | Gillingham | 27 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Hartlepool | 28 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Bradford City | 26 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Reading | 24 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 26 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 17 | 26 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 27 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 20 | 26 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 27 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Peterborough United | 26 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 26 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 31 | |||
| 24 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | ||||