| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 45 | 88 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 20 | |||
| 2 | 45 | 88 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 23 | ||||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 45 | 84 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Milton Keynes Dons | 45 | 81 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 32 | |||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 45 | 71 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 31 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 45 | 70 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 45 | 69 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Stockport County | 45 | 68 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 9 | 45 | 65 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 27 | ||||
| 10 | 45 | 65 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 26 | ||||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 45 | 64 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 45 | 62 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 31 | |||
| 13 | Notts. County | 45 | 61 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 45 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 39 | |||
| 15 | Barnet | 45 | 56 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 40 | |||
| 16 | 45 | 54 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 36 | ||||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 45 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Chester City | 45 | 53 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 45 | 50 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 45 | |||
| 20 | 45 | 49 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Wrexham | 45 | 48 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 44 | |||
| 22 | 45 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 43 | ||||
| 23 | 45 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 45 | ||||
| 24 | 45 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 41 | ||||