| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 2 | 24 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 3 | Exeter City | 24 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Cambridge United | 25 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Aldershot | 23 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Newport County | 24 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 7 | 24 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 8 | Barnsley | 25 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 9 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | 24 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | Reading | 23 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 12 | 24 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Hartlepool | 26 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 24 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 15 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 16 | Bradford City | 24 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 17 | 23 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 18 | 24 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 24 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Peterborough United | 24 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 24 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 30 | |||
| 24 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | ||||