| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 2 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | Lincoln City | 12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Aldershot | 12 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Exeter City | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Cambridge United | 12 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 7 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | Newport County | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 12 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepool | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 11 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Reading | 11 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 13 | Stockport County | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 14 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| 15 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Northampton Town | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Gillingham | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 20 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| 21 | Bradford City | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 22 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 23 | Colchester United | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Peterborough United | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 20 | |||