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