| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 31 | 71 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 12 | ||||
| 2 | Chesterfield | 31 | 57 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Walsall | 27 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 25 | |||
| 5 | 27 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 31 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Colchester United | 31 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Preston North End | 31 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Fulham | 31 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 31 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | Barnet | 30 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 30 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Wigan Athletic | 30 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 14 | 31 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | 29 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 32 | ||||
| 16 | 30 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 17 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 37 | ||||
| 18 | Exeter City | 30 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Northampton Town | 31 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Gillingham | 30 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 32 | |||
| 21 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 27 | ||||