| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hartlepool United | 30 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 2 | 30 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| 3 | 29 | 48 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | ||||
| 4 | Oxford United | 29 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Wrexham | 27 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Scunthorpe United | 30 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 7 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 30 | ||||
| 8 | 29 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 9 | Lincoln City | 29 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 10 | AFC Bournemouth | 27 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 11 | 28 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | ||||
| 12 | 30 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 28 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Hull City | 30 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 28 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 16 | 28 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | ||||
| 17 | 26 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 19 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 25 | ||||
| 20 | Carlisle United | 30 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Macclesfield Town | 29 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 28 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Swansea City | 29 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 26 | |||