| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 28 | 65 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | Chesterfield | 28 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Walsall | 24 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 28 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 23 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | 27 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | ||||
| 7 | Preston North End | 28 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 27 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Fulham | 28 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Barnet | 26 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 12 | 27 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 26 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 14 | 27 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 32 | ||||
| 15 | 26 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 26 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 25 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 28 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 19 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 36 | ||||
| 20 | Gillingham | 26 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 21 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| 22 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 27 | ||||