| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 27 | 52 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | |||
| 2 | 26 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 28 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Exeter City | 28 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 27 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 26 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Burton Albion | 28 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 8 | 27 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | ||||
| 9 | 27 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | Bradford City | 27 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 28 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Oxford United | 26 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 29 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 14 | 28 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 31 | ||||
| 15 | 28 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | Wycombe Wanderers | 28 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 17 | 26 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 18 | Morecambe | 28 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 19 | 28 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 20 | Barnet | 28 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Aldershot Town | 28 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 23 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | ||||
| 24 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||