| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Carlisle United | 26 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Exeter City | 24 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 3 | 28 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 4 | 28 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 5 | 27 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 25 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Maidstone United | 26 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 26 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 10 | 25 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | Burnley | 24 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 27 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 25 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 26 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 16 | 26 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 11 | ||||
| 17 | 26 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | 27 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 17 | ||||
| 19 | 28 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 27 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 21 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 27 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 37 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 26 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 21 | |||