| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Luton Town | 25 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Hull City | 24 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 5 | 24 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Cheltenham Town | 25 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 9 | 24 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | Exeter City | 25 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 11 | 25 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 24 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Swansea City | 26 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 14 | 25 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Oxford United | 25 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 17 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 25 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Macclesfield Town | 25 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 21 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 23 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 24 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 28 | |||