| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | Luton Town | 17 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Hull City | 16 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 8 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 11 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 14 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | Exeter City | 17 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 17 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 17 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Swansea City | 17 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Macclesfield Town | 17 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 22 | Carlisle United | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 17 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | |||