| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wrexham | 19 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 19 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | Cambridge United | 19 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 19 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Preston North End | 19 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Exeter City | 19 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Oxford United | 19 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 12 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Walsall | 19 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Rotherham United | 19 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Chesterfield | 19 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 17 | Carlisle United | 19 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 18 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Bradford City | 19 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 19 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Port Vale | 19 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 23 | Portsmouth | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||