| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hartlepool United | 36 | 72 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 2 | 35 | 62 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 25 | ||||
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 35 | 57 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Scunthorpe United | 36 | 56 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 35 | 55 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Wrexham | 34 | 54 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 7 | 35 | 54 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 24 | ||||
| 8 | Oxford United | 34 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 18 | |||
| 9 | 35 | 53 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 32 | ||||
| 10 | 36 | 53 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 11 | 34 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 35 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 35 | |||
| 13 | Hull City | 36 | 46 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 14 | 36 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 29 | ||||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 36 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 16 | 33 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 26 | ||||
| 17 | 35 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 18 | 36 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 26 | ||||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 33 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 39 | |||
| 20 | Macclesfield Town | 35 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 35 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Swansea City | 36 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 35 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Exeter City | 36 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 28 | |||