| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Carlisle United | 23 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Exeter City | 22 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 3 | 24 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | Southend United | 23 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 5 | 22 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 23 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 7 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | 22 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| 9 | 22 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| 10 | Burnley | 21 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 23 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 22 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 15 | 22 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 10 | ||||
| 16 | Aldershot | 22 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 17 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 18 | 22 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| 19 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 20 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 23 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 22 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | Colchester United | 23 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 24 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 34 | ||||