| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 75 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 28 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 42 | 74 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 16 | |||
| 3 | 43 | 73 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 31 | ||||
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 41 | 73 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 56 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 6 | 42 | 68 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 29 | ||||
| 7 | Wrexham | 41 | 61 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 32 | |||
| 8 | Cambridge United | 41 | 60 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 9 | Lincoln City | 42 | 58 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 10 | Exeter City | 42 | 57 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 39 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 41 | 56 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 34 | |||
| 12 | 41 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 31 | ||||
| 13 | 42 | 54 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 37 | ||||
| 14 | 41 | 54 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 34 | ||||
| 15 | 41 | 53 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 24 | ||||
| 16 | Stockport County | 43 | 50 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 42 | 48 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 43 | |||
| 18 | Burnley | 41 | 48 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 33 | |||
| 19 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 41 | |||
| 20 | 42 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 40 | ||||
| 21 | 42 | 48 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 51 | ||||
| 22 | Peterborough United | 42 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 40 | |||
| 23 | 42 | 39 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 32 | ||||
| 24 | Colchester United | 42 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 46 | |||