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