| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 37 | 71 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 15 | |||
| 2 | 35 | 61 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 20 | ||||
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 36 | 60 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 36 | 56 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 36 | 56 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 26 | |||
| 6 | 37 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 28 | ||||
| 7 | Port Vale | 35 | 55 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 8 | 35 | 51 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 19 | ||||
| 9 | Oxford United | 36 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 35 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 39 | |||
| 11 | Stevenage | 35 | 48 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 35 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | ||||
| 13 | 33 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 27 | ||||
| 14 | Aldershot Town | 36 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Lincoln City | 35 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 36 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 30 | |||
| 17 | Bradford City | 35 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Macclesfield Town | 33 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Northampton Town | 36 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 20 | 34 | 40 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 25 | ||||
| 21 | Morecambe | 36 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Burton Albion | 31 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 23 | Barnet | 36 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 33 | |||
| 24 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 37 | ||||