| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Exeter City | 42 | 77 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 33 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 43 | 75 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 25 | |||
| 3 | 43 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 31 | ||||
| 4 | 43 | 68 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 35 | ||||
| 5 | Chesterfield | 42 | 66 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 6 | 43 | 66 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 40 | ||||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 43 | 65 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Stockport County | 43 | 65 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 9 | Lincoln City | 43 | 64 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 41 | 63 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 35 | |||
| 11 | 43 | 60 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 28 | ||||
| 12 | 43 | 59 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 28 | ||||
| 13 | 43 | 59 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 27 | ||||
| 14 | Gillingham | 42 | 58 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 15 | 43 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 30 | ||||
| 16 | 42 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 25 | ||||
| 17 | Burnley | 42 | 52 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 18 | 43 | 52 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 42 | ||||
| 19 | Aldershot | 42 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 39 | |||
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 43 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 43 | 48 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 34 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 43 | 48 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 23 | 43 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 54 | ||||
| 24 | Colchester United | 43 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 46 | |||