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