| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 2 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 3 | Cambridge United | 22 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Exeter City | 21 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 5 | 22 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | Aldershot | 20 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 7 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | Newport County | 21 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | Barnsley | 22 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 20 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 21 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Bradford City | 21 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 14 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | Gillingham | 21 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Stockport County | 20 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Hartlepool | 22 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 20 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 20 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Peterborough United | 21 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 24 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | ||||