| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 43 | 87 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 21 | ||||
| 2 | Walsall | 43 | 85 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 43 | 81 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Milton Keynes Dons | 43 | 75 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 31 | |||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 43 | 69 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 31 | |||
| 6 | Stockport County | 43 | 67 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 64 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 43 | 62 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 62 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 43 | 60 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 43 | 60 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 12 | 43 | 59 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 27 | ||||
| 13 | 43 | 59 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 26 | ||||
| 14 | Barnet | 43 | 56 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 33 | |||
| 15 | 43 | 54 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 33 | ||||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 43 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 39 | |||
| 17 | Chester City | 43 | 52 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 43 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 43 | 47 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 43 | |||
| 20 | 42 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 35 | ||||
| 21 | 43 | 45 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | Wrexham | 42 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 43 | |||
| 23 | 43 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 45 | ||||
| 24 | 43 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 39 | ||||