| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 19 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Chester City | 19 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 18 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 18 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | ||||
| 10 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 12 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 18 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 17 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Colchester United | 18 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Carlisle United | 18 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 17 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 20 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | ||||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||