| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 16 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Exeter City | 15 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Peterborough United | 15 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 15 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| 6 | Carlisle United | 15 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 15 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Cambridge United | 16 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Burnley | 15 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 15 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 13 | Aldershot | 15 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 14 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 18 | Maidstone United | 15 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 19 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 20 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 21 | Wrexham | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 22 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 23 | Colchester United | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | |||