| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 50 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Chester City | 28 | 47 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 28 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 5 | 29 | 47 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 20 | ||||
| 6 | Preston North End | 27 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 7 | 29 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 28 | ||||
| 8 | Walsall | 29 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 9 | 27 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 28 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 30 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Carlisle United | 29 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 14 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | ||||
| 15 | 30 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 16 | Colchester United | 28 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 17 | 28 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 27 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 28 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 20 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| 21 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 33 | ||||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 28 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 34 | |||