| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Rotherham United | 45 | 81 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 45 | 79 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 30 | |||
| 3 | 45 | 77 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 31 | ||||
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 45 | 77 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 5 | 45 | 74 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 29 | ||||
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 45 | 72 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 31 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 45 | 68 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 35 | |||
| 8 | Cambridge United | 45 | 67 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 37 | |||
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 45 | 63 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 41 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 45 | 61 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 34 | |||
| 11 | 45 | 61 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 36 | ||||
| 12 | Exeter City | 45 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 45 | |||
| 13 | 45 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 37 | ||||
| 14 | 45 | 57 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | 45 | 57 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 43 | ||||
| 16 | Burnley | 45 | 55 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 41 | |||
| 17 | 45 | 53 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 54 | ||||
| 18 | 45 | 52 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 42 | ||||
| 19 | Stockport County | 45 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Peterborough United | 45 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 42 | |||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 45 | 49 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 48 | |||
| 22 | Doncaster Rovers | 45 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 44 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 45 | 47 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 47 | |||
| 24 | 45 | 42 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 38 | ||||