| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Swansea City | 15 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 4 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Macclesfield Town | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 7 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Northampton Town | 16 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 16 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 14 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 16 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 17 | Chester City | 16 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 19 | Oxford United | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 20 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 21 | Notts. County | 16 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 23 | Cambridge United | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 24 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 18 | ||||