| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 18 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | Luton Town | 18 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Hull City | 18 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 9 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 10 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 11 | Cheltenham Town | 18 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 12 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 18 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 18 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 16 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 17 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | ||||
| 18 | Swansea City | 18 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Exeter City | 18 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Oxford United | 18 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 22 | Carlisle United | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Macclesfield Town | 18 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 18 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||