| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 38 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 33 | ||||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 38 | 67 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Macclesfield Town | 37 | 66 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 4 | 38 | 65 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 28 | ||||
| 5 | Swansea City | 38 | 62 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 6 | 38 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 38 | 59 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 38 | 57 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 38 | 56 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 23 | |||
| 10 | 38 | 55 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | 38 | 50 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 50 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Cheltenham Town | 38 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 38 | 50 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 37 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 38 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 38 | 46 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 18 | 38 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 31 | ||||
| 19 | Notts. County | 38 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 38 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Chester City | 38 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 22 | 38 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 23 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 37 | ||||
| 24 | Cambridge United | 38 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 28 | |||