| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 16 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 16 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Exeter City | 16 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 16 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Barnet | 16 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Chester City | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Hartlepool United | 16 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 9 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | Colchester United | 16 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Macclesfield Town | 16 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 12 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Rotherham United | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 16 | Cambridge United | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Cardiff City | 15 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 19 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| 20 | Swansea City | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| 22 | Hull City | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 24 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | ||||