| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 36 | 75 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 16 | ||||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 36 | 74 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 18 | |||
| 3 | 35 | 68 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 14 | ||||
| 4 | 35 | 67 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | ||||
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 36 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 6 | 35 | 59 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 22 | ||||
| 7 | Rotherham United | 36 | 58 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 37 | 57 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 22 | |||
| 9 | 33 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 21 | ||||
| 10 | Morecambe | 35 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 36 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 36 | 49 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Bradford City | 34 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 36 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 15 | 36 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 32 | ||||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 35 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 17 | Chester City | 36 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 36 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 19 | 36 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 26 | ||||
| 20 | Barnet | 33 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 35 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 36 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 34 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 33 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | |||