| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 33 | 75 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 13 | ||||
| 2 | Chesterfield | 33 | 61 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Walsall | 31 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 34 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 25 | |||
| 5 | 31 | 55 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 18 | ||||
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 33 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 33 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 33 | 50 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 9 | 33 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | ||||
| 10 | Barnet | 33 | 47 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Fulham | 33 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 12 | 34 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 32 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 31 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 15 | 32 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 35 | ||||
| 16 | 33 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 17 | 33 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 37 | ||||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 34 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 32 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Gillingham | 32 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 32 | |||
| 21 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 31 | ||||
| 22 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 31 | ||||