| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Preston North End | 17 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Walsall | 17 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Chester City | 17 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 8 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| 9 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 17 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 11 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 17 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 17 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 14 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | Carlisle United | 17 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 18 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 20 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | ||||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |||