| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 15 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Chester City | 15 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Northampton Town | 15 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Oxford United | 15 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | Carlisle United | 15 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 14 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Cheltenham Town | 15 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 12 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 13 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Notts. County | 15 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 17 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 19 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 20 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| 21 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 23 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| 24 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | ||||