| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 20 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 20 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Exeter City | 20 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Notts. County | 20 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 5 | 20 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| 6 | Barnet | 20 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | Chester City | 20 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Rotherham United | 20 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 13 | Colchester United | 20 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Cardiff City | 20 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Cambridge United | 20 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 21 | Swansea City | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Hull City | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 26 | |||