| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 35 | 76 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 37 | 71 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 21 | |||
| 3 | 37 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 35 | 63 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 35 | 61 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 35 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 38 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Cambridge United | 37 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Newport County | 35 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 10 | Exeter City | 37 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Brentford | 36 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 12 | 36 | 48 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 30 | ||||
| 13 | Hartlepool | 35 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 34 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 37 | |||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 38 | 44 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Swansea City | 37 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 38 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 32 | |||
| 18 | 37 | 43 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 35 | ||||
| 19 | Doncaster Rovers | 37 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 39 | |||
| 20 | Stockport County | 37 | 40 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 35 | |||
| 21 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 32 | ||||
| 22 | 37 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 35 | ||||
| 23 | 36 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 34 | ||||
| 24 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 36 | ||||