| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 37 | 74 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | ||||
| 2 | Walsall | 37 | 71 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 36 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Milton Keynes Dons | 37 | 67 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 29 | |||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 37 | 64 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 28 | |||
| 6 | Stockport County | 36 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 36 | 57 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 8 | 37 | 54 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 22 | ||||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 34 | 52 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 38 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 37 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 12 | 37 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 29 | ||||
| 13 | Notts. County | 37 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Chester City | 38 | 47 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 16 | 36 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 21 | ||||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 35 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Barnet | 36 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 19 | 36 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 23 | ||||
| 20 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 29 | ||||
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 37 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 39 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 36 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 39 | |||
| 23 | 37 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 39 | ||||
| 24 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 35 | ||||