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