| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 29 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Luton Town | 29 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 27 | |||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 4 | 28 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 5 | Hull City | 29 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 31 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 8 | 28 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 9 | Cheltenham Town | 28 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 29 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 11 | 29 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 12 | Exeter City | 29 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 27 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Oxford United | 30 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 16 | 27 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 28 | ||||
| 17 | Macclesfield Town | 28 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 28 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Swansea City | 30 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 32 | |||
| 20 | Carlisle United | 27 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Leyton Orient | 28 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 22 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 23 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | ||||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 28 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 34 | |||