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