| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Exeter City | 46 | 89 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 34 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 79 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 27 | |||
| 3 | 46 | 75 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 34 | ||||
| 4 | Stockport County | 46 | 74 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 5 | 46 | 73 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 40 | ||||
| 6 | Cambridge United | 46 | 73 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 36 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 46 | 71 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 8 | 46 | 71 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 40 | ||||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 46 | 68 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 46 | 68 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 11 | 46 | 66 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 29 | ||||
| 12 | 46 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 32 | ||||
| 13 | 46 | 64 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 29 | ||||
| 14 | Gillingham | 46 | 62 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 15 | 46 | 57 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 37 | ||||
| 16 | Burnley | 46 | 56 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 37 | |||
| 17 | 46 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 30 | ||||
| 18 | 46 | 55 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 45 | ||||
| 19 | 46 | 55 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 55 | ||||
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 51 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Wrexham | 46 | 51 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 39 | |||
| 22 | Aldershot | 46 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 43 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 46 | 49 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 36 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 46 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 50 | |||