| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 53 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | |||
| 3 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 20 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Newport County | 21 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 22 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 24 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 22 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 9 | 23 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | Reading | 22 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Exeter City | 23 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 22 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 13 | 25 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Hartlepool | 19 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Swansea City | 24 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 24 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Cambridge United | 23 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 18 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Stockport County | 22 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Doncaster Rovers | 23 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 23 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 23 | ||||
| 24 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | ||||