| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 17 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | Exeter City | 17 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 17 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 5 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 17 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 17 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 17 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Cambridge United | 17 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Aldershot | 17 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Burnley | 17 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Maidstone United | 17 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 16 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 17 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 19 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 20 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 10 | ||||
| 21 | Wrexham | 17 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | Colchester United | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 27 | |||