| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chester City | 36 | 66 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 34 | 64 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 35 | 63 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 35 | 62 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 28 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 35 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 31 | |||
| 6 | 36 | 56 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 28 | ||||
| 7 | Walsall | 36 | 56 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 36 | 55 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 36 | 51 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 10 | 36 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 32 | ||||
| 11 | Carlisle United | 35 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 12 | 34 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 27 | ||||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 36 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 14 | 35 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | Lincoln City | 36 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Colchester United | 36 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 33 | |||
| 17 | 36 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 30 | ||||
| 18 | 36 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 19 | 36 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 41 | ||||
| 20 | Northampton Town | 36 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 35 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 22 | 36 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 33 | ||||