| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 35 | 82 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 33 | 65 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | |||
| 3 | 34 | 59 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | Peterborough United | 35 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Colchester United | 36 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 36 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Swansea City | 33 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 8 | Orient | 34 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Exeter City | 33 | 48 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Aldershot | 34 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 11 | Cambridge United | 35 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Wrexham | 32 | 46 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 35 | 42 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Cardiff City | 32 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 34 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 16 | 34 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | ||||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 34 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 34 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Burnley | 34 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 20 | 33 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 28 | ||||
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 33 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 22 | 32 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 30 | ||||
| 23 | 32 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 32 | ||||
| 24 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 29 | ||||