| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 39 | 79 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 19 | ||||
| 2 | Notts. County | 38 | 74 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 15 | |||
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 40 | 71 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 40 | 65 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 29 | |||
| 5 | 40 | 64 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 29 | ||||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 40 | 64 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 7 | 40 | 64 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 29 | ||||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 40 | 63 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 28 | |||
| 9 | 40 | 61 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 32 | ||||
| 10 | Port Vale | 40 | 59 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 19 | |||
| 11 | 40 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 28 | ||||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 40 | 55 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 13 | Burton Albion | 40 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 33 | |||
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 39 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 50 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 33 | |||
| 16 | 40 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 35 | ||||
| 17 | Bradford City | 40 | 48 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 33 | |||
| 18 | 40 | 46 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | Barnet | 39 | 45 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 36 | |||
| 20 | Lincoln City | 40 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 21 | 40 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 31 | ||||
| 22 | Cheltenham Town | 39 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 40 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 24 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 42 | ||||