| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wrexham | 32 | 63 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Cambridge United | 36 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 34 | 59 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Gillingham | 35 | 56 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 27 | |||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 35 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Walsall | 34 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 33 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 8 | 34 | 49 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | ||||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 32 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 32 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Colchester United | 35 | 45 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 35 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 34 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 14 | 34 | 45 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 29 | ||||
| 15 | Lincoln City | 36 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Oxford United | 35 | 43 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 17 | 34 | 43 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | ||||
| 18 | Sheffield Wednesday | 33 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 34 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 35 | |||
| 20 | Rotherham United | 31 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 21 | Port Vale | 34 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 22 | 33 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 28 | ||||
| 23 | Plymouth Argyle | 34 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 24 | Portsmouth | 35 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 33 | |||