| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 15 | |||
| 3 | 27 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | ||||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 23 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Newport County | 24 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 24 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 28 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 26 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 9 | 27 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 10 | Exeter City | 27 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 25 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Hartlepool | 23 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 13 | 26 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 28 | ||||
| 14 | Barnsley | 27 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 26 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 16 | 29 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 17 | Cambridge United | 26 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | |||
| 18 | 29 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 27 | ||||
| 19 | Stockport County | 26 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Swansea City | 28 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 22 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 25 | ||||
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 27 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 24 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | ||||