| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Southend United | 16 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Exeter City | 16 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 3 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 16 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 16 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 16 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 16 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 12 | Aldershot | 16 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Burnley | 16 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 14 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 17 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 19 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 20 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 21 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| 22 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 10 | ||||
| 23 | Colchester United | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 24 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 24 | ||||