| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 21 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 21 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Notts. County | 20 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Exeter City | 21 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Barnet | 21 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 21 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Chester City | 21 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 10 | 21 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 11 | Macclesfield Town | 20 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 12 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 20 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Cardiff City | 20 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Cambridge United | 21 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | Swansea City | 21 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | Hull City | 21 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 24 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 26 | ||||