| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 30 | 63 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | ||||
| 2 | Exeter City | 29 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 30 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Newport County | 29 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 5 | 31 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | Aldershot | 30 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Cambridge United | 31 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 8 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 24 | ||||
| 9 | 30 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 10 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 11 | Barnsley | 31 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 12 | 29 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | Bradford City | 29 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Hartlepool | 31 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Reading | 26 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 29 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 17 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 29 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 19 | 29 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | 29 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 21 | 30 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 29 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 28 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 34 | |||
| 24 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | ||||