| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Preston North End | 16 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Chester City | 16 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 16 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | ||||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 16 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 16 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 13 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 14 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | Colchester United | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Carlisle United | 16 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 17 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 18 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 20 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |||