| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Wrexham | 25 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 26 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 26 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | Exeter City | 26 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 7 | 26 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 8 | Burnley | 26 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Lincoln City | 27 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 10 | 26 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | ||||
| 11 | Cambridge United | 26 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 12 | 27 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| 13 | 27 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 26 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 16 | 26 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | ||||
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 25 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 27 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 19 | 27 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 30 | ||||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Peterborough United | 27 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 22 | 26 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 23 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 24 | Colchester United | 25 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 30 | |||