| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wrexham | 18 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 18 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 18 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Cambridge United | 18 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 6 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | Exeter City | 18 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 18 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Preston North End | 18 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Oxford United | 18 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Walsall | 18 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Rotherham United | 18 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 15 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 16 | Carlisle United | 18 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 18 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| 20 | Bradford City | 18 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Port Vale | 18 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Portsmouth | 18 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||