| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Exeter City | 20 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Carlisle United | 20 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 3 | 20 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| 4 | 21 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 20 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 20 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Maidstone United | 20 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 20 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 11 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 20 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Burnley | 19 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 19 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 16 | 20 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 10 | ||||
| 17 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 18 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 19 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 20 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | ||||
| 22 | Wrexham | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 31 | |||