| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Shrewsbury Town | 37 | 71 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Chester City | 38 | 70 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 37 | 67 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 37 | 63 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 28 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 38 | 60 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 36 | |||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 38 | 57 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 7 | 38 | 57 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 30 | ||||
| 8 | Walsall | 38 | 57 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 38 | 55 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 38 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Carlisle United | 37 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 12 | 37 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 28 | ||||
| 13 | 37 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 32 | ||||
| 14 | 37 | 46 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | 38 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 31 | ||||
| 16 | 38 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | ||||
| 17 | Lincoln City | 38 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Colchester United | 38 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 37 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 20 | 38 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 42 | ||||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 38 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 22 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 35 | ||||