| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Swansea City | 20 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 3 | 20 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | Macclesfield Town | 20 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 20 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 7 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | ||||
| 8 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 9 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 11 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Northampton Town | 20 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 20 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 20 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Chester City | 20 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 20 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 23 | Cambridge United | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 24 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 22 | ||||