| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Southend United | 32 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 30 | 64 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 32 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 32 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 5 | 32 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 31 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Aldershot | 33 | 48 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Wimbledon | 29 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 9 | AFC Bournemouth | 33 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 10 | 31 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 11 | 32 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 29 | ||||
| 12 | 31 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| 13 | Wigan Athletic | 32 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 33 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 15 | Bradford City | 31 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 32 | |||
| 17 | 34 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 30 | ||||
| 18 | 31 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 33 | ||||
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 31 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 20 | 31 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 28 | ||||
| 21 | 32 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 32 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 23 | Port Vale | 30 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 41 | |||
| 24 | 30 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 32 | ||||