| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 20 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Chester City | 20 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | 20 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 20 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Cheltenham Town | 20 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 20 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 11 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 12 | Notts. County | 20 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Oxford United | 20 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 16 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 20 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 19 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 22 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 23 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 24 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | ||||