| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 17 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Barnet | 16 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 17 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 17 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Northampton Town | 17 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Halifax Town | 17 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 8 | 17 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 9 | Macclesfield Town | 16 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Swansea City | 16 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Hartlepool United | 16 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 17 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 17 | Hull City | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 18 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Carlisle United | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Chester City | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | |||