| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Luton Town | 24 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 21 | |||
| 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 | 23 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 9 | 24 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 10 | Exeter City | 24 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 24 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Swansea City | 24 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 23 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 16 | 22 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 26 | ||||
| 17 | Macclesfield Town | 24 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 24 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Lincoln City | 23 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 21 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 23 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 23 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||