| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 2 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | Cambridge United | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Newport County | 18 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Aldershot | 18 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 17 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Reading | 17 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Exeter City | 17 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | ||||
| 11 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 12 | Barnsley | 18 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Bradford City | 18 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 14 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | Hartlepool | 18 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 16 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 19 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 20 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 22 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 23 | Peterborough United | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 25 | |||