| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 65 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 16 | |||
| 3 | 28 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 24 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Newport County | 25 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 25 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 29 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 28 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Northampton Town | 27 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 10 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 11 | Reading | 26 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Hartlepool | 24 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 29 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 28 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | |||
| 15 | 27 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 30 | ||||
| 16 | Brentford | 27 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 17 | 30 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | 30 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | Swansea City | 29 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Stockport County | 27 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 22 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 28 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 24 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 25 | ||||