| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hartlepool United | 27 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 2 | 28 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | 27 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | 27 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | ||||
| 5 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Oxford United | 25 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 7 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 8 | 27 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 9 | Wrexham | 25 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 25 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 28 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 26 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 13 | 25 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | ||||
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 26 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 27 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | 26 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | ||||
| 17 | 25 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 19 | 27 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 20 | Macclesfield Town | 26 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 25 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 27 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Swansea City | 26 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 25 | |||