| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chesterfield | 22 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Oxford United | 22 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Burton Albion | 22 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 5 | 22 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | 22 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 7 | Newport County | 21 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 8 | 22 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 10 | ||||
| 9 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Morecambe | 23 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 22 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 22 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 15 | Exeter City | 22 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Wycombe Wanderers | 21 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 17 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 21 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 21 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 23 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 24 | Northampton Town | 22 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 17 | |||