| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 37 | 78 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 16 | ||||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 38 | 78 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 19 | |||
| 3 | 37 | 73 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 20 | ||||
| 4 | 37 | 72 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 14 | ||||
| 5 | 37 | 65 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 22 | ||||
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 38 | 63 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Rotherham United | 38 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 38 | 57 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 24 | |||
| 9 | 34 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 23 | ||||
| 10 | Morecambe | 37 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 38 | 49 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Bradford City | 36 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 38 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 15 | 37 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 32 | ||||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 37 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 17 | 38 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 28 | ||||
| 18 | Barnet | 35 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Chester City | 38 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 34 | |||
| 20 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 38 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 21 | Macclesfield Town | 38 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 37 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 36 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 35 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 24 | |||