| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Luton Town | 28 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Hull City | 27 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 6 | 26 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 7 | Cheltenham Town | 27 | 43 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 9 | 27 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 10 | 27 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | Exeter City | 28 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 12 | 27 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 26 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Oxford United | 28 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Swansea City | 28 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 17 | 25 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | ||||
| 18 | Macclesfield Town | 27 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Lincoln City | 27 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 21 | 28 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | Carlisle United | 26 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 23 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | ||||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 26 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 28 | |||