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