| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 21 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Oxford United | 20 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 20 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 5 | 21 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | Burton Albion | 20 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 7 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | Newport County | 20 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Morecambe | 21 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 20 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 12 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Exeter City | 21 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 19 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 22 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 23 | Northampton Town | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 24 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | ||||