| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 27 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 26 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Chester City | 27 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | |||
| 6 | 28 | 44 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 20 | ||||
| 7 | Walsall | 28 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 26 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 9 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 27 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 12 | 28 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | ||||
| 13 | Colchester United | 27 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Carlisle United | 28 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 16 | 27 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | 29 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 26 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 27 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 20 | 28 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 30 | ||||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 27 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 34 | |||