| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Hull City | 21 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 4 | 21 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | Luton Town | 20 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 21 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 10 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 21 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 21 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Swansea City | 21 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 21 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Macclesfield Town | 21 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 21 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 21 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | |||