| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 9 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Exeter City | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |||
| 5 | Aldershot | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Hartlepool | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 7 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| 8 | Reading | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 10 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Cambridge United | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 13 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 14 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| 15 | Newport County | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 16 | Bradford City | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| 18 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 22 | Colchester United | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |||
| 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| 24 | Peterborough United | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |||