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