| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Luton Town | 22 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Hull City | 23 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 5 | 22 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 23 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Cheltenham Town | 22 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| 11 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | 22 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 26 | ||||
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 22 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 14 | 23 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Swansea City | 23 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Macclesfield Town | 23 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 22 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Oxford United | 22 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 20 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 21 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 22 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 22 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | |||