| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Rotherham United | 46 | 82 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 80 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 30 | |||
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 78 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 24 | |||
| 4 | 46 | 77 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 35 | ||||
| 5 | 46 | 77 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 29 | ||||
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 75 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 61 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 31 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 46 | 71 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 35 | |||
| 8 | Cambridge United | 46 | 68 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 37 | |||
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 66 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 41 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 46 | 64 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 34 | |||
| 11 | 46 | 64 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 36 | ||||
| 12 | 46 | 60 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 27 | ||||
| 13 | Exeter City | 46 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 45 | |||
| 14 | 46 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 37 | ||||
| 15 | 46 | 58 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 45 | ||||
| 16 | Burnley | 46 | 55 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 41 | |||
| 17 | Peterborough United | 46 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 42 | |||
| 18 | 46 | 53 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 56 | ||||
| 19 | 46 | 52 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 45 | ||||
| 20 | Stockport County | 46 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 46 | 50 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 48 | |||
| 22 | Colchester United | 46 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 48 | |||
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 46 | |||
| 24 | 46 | 42 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 28 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 38 | ||||