| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 26 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 24 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Walsall | 26 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Chester City | 25 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 20 | |||
| 7 | 26 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 8 | 26 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | ||||
| 9 | 24 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 25 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Carlisle United | 26 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 13 | 25 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 14 | 26 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | Colchester United | 25 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 16 | 27 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 24 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 19 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 25 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 21 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 25 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 34 | |||