| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 2 | 28 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | ||||
| 3 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 28 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Wrexham | 27 | 47 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 22 | |||
| 6 | 28 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| 7 | Exeter City | 28 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 28 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 29 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Cambridge United | 28 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Burnley | 28 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 11 | 28 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 28 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 13 | 29 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | 29 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | ||||
| 15 | 28 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | ||||
| 16 | Hartlepool United | 27 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 29 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 29 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 20 | 29 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 33 | ||||
| 21 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 28 | ||||
| 22 | Peterborough United | 28 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 23 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | ||||
| 24 | Colchester United | 27 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 32 | |||