| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 96 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 25 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 88 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 46 | 81 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 22 | |||
| 4 | 46 | 80 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 29 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 46 | 78 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 34 | |||
| 6 | Cambridge United | 46 | 74 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 46 | 73 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 46 | 68 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 39 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 46 | 67 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 10 | Newport County | 46 | 66 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 45 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 46 | 64 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 30 | |||
| 12 | 46 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 37 | ||||
| 13 | Hartlepool | 46 | 59 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 38 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 46 | 56 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 41 | |||
| 15 | Northampton Town | 46 | 56 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 51 | |||
| 16 | 46 | 56 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 36 | ||||
| 17 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 54 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 50 | |||
| 18 | 46 | 52 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 24 | 53 | ||||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 51 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Swansea City | 46 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 42 | |||
| 21 | Stockport County | 46 | 50 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 43 | |||
| 22 | 46 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 40 | ||||
| 23 | 46 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 37 | ||||
| 24 | 46 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 49 | ||||