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