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