| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wrexham | 20 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 21 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | Cambridge United | 20 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Peterborough United | 20 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Colchester United | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | ||||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Preston North End | 20 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 20 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Exeter City | 20 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Oxford United | 20 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Walsall | 20 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Rotherham United | 20 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Chesterfield | 20 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 17 | Carlisle United | 20 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 20 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 20 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | ||||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Port Vale | 20 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 23 | Portsmouth | 20 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||