| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 20 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 19 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 19 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 20 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Hull City | 20 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 10 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 11 | Barnet | 20 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Blackpool | 20 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 14 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | Macclesfield Town | 20 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 19 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 18 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Exeter City | 20 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 22 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 23 | ||||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 20 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 18 | |||