| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Rotherham United | 24 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 3 | 23 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | Wrexham | 23 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Exeter City | 23 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 7 | 24 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | 24 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 24 | ||||
| 9 | Cambridge United | 23 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 24 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Stockport County | 25 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Burnley | 23 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Halifax Town | 24 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 24 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 18 | 23 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | Peterborough United | 24 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 20 | 24 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | ||||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 22 | 23 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 23 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | Colchester United | 23 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 28 | |||