| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 65 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 35 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Scunthorpe United | 35 | 61 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 28 | |||
| 4 | 34 | 55 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | Wrexham | 33 | 54 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 25 | |||
| 6 | 34 | 54 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 23 | ||||
| 7 | Cambridge United | 34 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 34 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Exeter City | 34 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 33 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 35 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 33 | |||
| 11 | Carlisle United | 33 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 12 | 32 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 13 | 35 | 44 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 34 | 44 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 15 | 33 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 16 | 34 | 43 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 31 | ||||
| 17 | 35 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 34 | ||||
| 18 | Burnley | 33 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 19 | 34 | 42 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 38 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 34 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 33 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Peterborough United | 34 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 23 | 35 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 30 | ||||
| 24 | Colchester United | 33 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 39 | |||