| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Exeter City | 32 | 60 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 2 | Stockport County | 36 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 35 | 56 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 4 | 35 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 34 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Gillingham | 35 | 54 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 33 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 8 | 34 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 29 | ||||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 35 | 51 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 34 | 50 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | 34 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 31 | ||||
| 12 | 33 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | 35 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 22 | ||||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 30 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Burnley | 32 | 45 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 16 | 34 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 28 | ||||
| 17 | 33 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | 33 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 19 | Doncaster Rovers | 35 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Aldershot | 34 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 35 | |||
| 21 | 35 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 47 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 34 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 23 | Wrexham | 35 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 36 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 38 | |||