| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 27 | 56 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 27 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Barnet | 27 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 27 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Exeter City | 27 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 6 | 27 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | ||||
| 7 | Chester City | 27 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 27 | 43 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 9 | 28 | 41 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| 10 | 27 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 12 | 26 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 23 | ||||
| 13 | Colchester United | 27 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 15 | 26 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| 16 | Cambridge United | 27 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 26 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 19 | 28 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 30 | ||||
| 20 | 26 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Swansea City | 27 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Hull City | 27 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 26 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 44 | |||