| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Wrexham | 20 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 20 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 4 | 20 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 21 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 7 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 8 | Exeter City | 20 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 9 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 10 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | ||||
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Burnley | 20 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 14 | Peterborough United | 20 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 20 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 16 | 20 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | Cambridge United | 20 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 20 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| 21 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 22 | Carlisle United | 20 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 23 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 24 | Colchester United | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 26 | |||