| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 23 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 24 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 21 | |||
| 6 | 24 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | Chester City | 22 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 9 | 23 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | 22 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | Colchester United | 23 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Carlisle United | 24 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 22 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 14 | 23 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | ||||
| 15 | Lincoln City | 21 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 16 | 24 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 19 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 20 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 22 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |||