| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Exeter City | 29 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 2 | 32 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | ||||
| 3 | 33 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | ||||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 33 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 5 | 32 | 51 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 31 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 30 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 33 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 32 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 32 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 11 | 31 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 13 | ||||
| 12 | Maidstone United | 32 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 13 | 33 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 29 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Burnley | 29 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 16 | 32 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 27 | ||||
| 17 | 29 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 18 | 30 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 25 | ||||
| 19 | Aldershot | 32 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 31 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 21 | 33 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 22 | ||||
| 22 | Colchester United | 33 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 32 | |||
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 33 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 47 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 32 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 27 | |||