| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Rotherham United | 37 | 68 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 37 | 68 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 3 | 37 | 65 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 28 | ||||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 37 | 62 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 5 | 36 | 58 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | ||||
| 6 | Wrexham | 36 | 57 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Cambridge United | 37 | 57 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 37 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 9 | 35 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 10 | Exeter City | 37 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 36 | |||
| 11 | Lincoln City | 37 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 36 | 48 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 13 | 36 | 47 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 22 | ||||
| 14 | Stockport County | 37 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 15 | 36 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 32 | ||||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 36 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 17 | 35 | 45 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 31 | ||||
| 18 | Burnley | 36 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Doncaster Rovers | 37 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 36 | |||
| 20 | 37 | 43 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 44 | ||||
| 21 | 36 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 36 | ||||
| 22 | Peterborough United | 36 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 23 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 31 | ||||
| 24 | Colchester United | 36 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 42 | |||