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