| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Chester City | 31 | 54 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 30 | 54 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 30 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 30 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 6 | 31 | 50 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | Walsall | 31 | 47 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 8 | 30 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | ||||
| 9 | 31 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 30 | ||||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 30 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 32 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Carlisle United | 31 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 13 | 32 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | ||||
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 30 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 15 | 31 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 30 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 17 | 31 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 18 | Colchester United | 30 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 29 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 20 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 36 | ||||
| 21 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 31 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 35 | |||