| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Chester City | 16 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Carlisle United | 16 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 16 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 16 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Oxford United | 16 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Notts. County | 16 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 13 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 18 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 19 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 22 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 23 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | ||||