| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 2 | 23 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 3 | Exeter City | 23 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Cambridge United | 24 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Aldershot | 22 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | 23 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 8 | Barnsley | 24 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Newport County | 23 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 22 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 11 | 23 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| 12 | Bradford City | 23 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 23 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 14 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 16 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | 23 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | ||||
| 18 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 19 | Hartlepool | 24 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Peterborough United | 23 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 22 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 22 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 26 | |||
| 24 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | ||||