| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Carlisle United | 36 | 65 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 36 | 62 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 35 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 36 | 60 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Leyton Orient | 36 | 60 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 36 | 55 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Cheltenham Town | 35 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 35 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 35 | 50 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 32 | |||
| 10 | 33 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | ||||
| 11 | 35 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 23 | ||||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 36 | 45 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 13 | 34 | 45 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Notts. County | 36 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 36 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 33 | |||
| 16 | 33 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 31 | ||||
| 17 | 34 | 39 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 34 | ||||
| 18 | 35 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | Chester City | 34 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 20 | 34 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 21 | Oxford United | 34 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 22 | 36 | 37 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 40 | ||||
| 23 | 36 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 34 | ||||
| 24 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 33 | ||||