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