| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 26 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Carlisle United | 26 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 26 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 27 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 27 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Northampton Town | 25 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Notts. County | 26 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 9 | 26 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 11 | 26 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | 25 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | Chester City | 25 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 14 | 26 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 15 | Oxford United | 27 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Lincoln City | 27 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 18 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 19 | 27 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 21 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 23 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 34 | ||||