| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 20 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Hull City | 20 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 20 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 8 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 11 | Cheltenham Town | 20 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 14 | Exeter City | 20 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Swansea City | 20 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 20 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 22 | ||||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 20 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 20 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||