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