| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 18 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Barnet | 18 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 18 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Northampton Town | 18 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Halifax Town | 18 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Macclesfield Town | 18 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 10 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 18 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Swansea City | 18 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 18 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 15 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 16 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | Exeter City | 18 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 18 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Hull City | 18 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Carlisle United | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Chester City | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||