| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 18 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Chesterfield | 18 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 18 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | ||||
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 18 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| 7 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 17 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Macclesfield Town | 18 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Stevenage | 18 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 12 | Oxford United | 19 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Aldershot Town | 18 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Burton Albion | 18 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 15 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 16 | Bradford City | 18 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 17 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 19 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 19 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| 20 | Lincoln City | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 21 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 22 | Morecambe | 18 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Barnet | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 24 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | ||||