| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Barnet | 21 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 20 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 3 | 20 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 20 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 20 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Swansea City | 20 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 10 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | ||||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 20 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Macclesfield Town | 20 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 20 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 20 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 18 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 19 | Hull City | 20 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Carlisle United | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Chester City | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||