| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 39 | 82 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 40 | 77 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 38 | 69 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 40 | 67 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 27 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 37 | 65 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 38 | 61 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Cambridge United | 40 | 60 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 41 | 60 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Newport County | 38 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 10 | Exeter City | 40 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 11 | Brentford | 38 | 52 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 12 | 39 | 51 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 33 | ||||
| 13 | Hartlepool | 38 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 48 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Northampton Town | 38 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 45 | |||
| 16 | Swansea City | 41 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 38 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 41 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 36 | |||
| 18 | 40 | 46 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 42 | ||||
| 19 | 41 | 46 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 34 | ||||
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 40 | 45 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 45 | |||
| 21 | Stockport County | 39 | 43 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 22 | 39 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 37 | ||||
| 23 | 39 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 36 | ||||
| 24 | 38 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 36 | ||||