| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Walsall | 46 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 66:34 | 32 | 89 | |
| 2. | Hartlepool | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 65:40 | 25 | 88 | |
| 3. | Swindon | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 58:38 | 20 | 85 | |
| 4. | MK Dons | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 76:58 | 18 | 84 | |
| 5. | Lincoln | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 70:59 | 11 | 74 | |
| 6. | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 49:42 | 7 | 72 | |
| 7. | Shrewsbury | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 68:46 | 22 | 71 | |
| 8. | Stockport County | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 65:54 | 11 | 71 | |
| 9. | Rochdale | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 70:50 | 20 | 66 | |
| 10. | Peterborough | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 70:61 | 9 | 65 | |
| 11. | Darlington | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 52:56 | -4 | 65 | |
| 12. | Wycombe | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 52:47 | 5 | 62 | |
| 13. | Notts Co | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 55:53 | 2 | 62 | |
| 14. | Barnet | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 55:70 | -15 | 59 | |
| 15. | Grimsby | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 57:73 | -16 | 59 | |
| 16. | Hereford | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 45:53 | -8 | 55 | |
| 17. | Mansfield | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 58:63 | -5 | 54 | |
| 18. | Chester | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 40:48 | -8 | 53 | |
| 19. | Wrexham | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 43:65 | -22 | 51 | |
| 20. | Accrington | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 70:81 | -11 | 50 | |
| 21. | Bury | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 46:61 | -15 | 50 | |
| 22. | Macclesfield | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 55:77 | -22 | 48 | |
| 23. | Boston Utd | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 51:80 | -29 | 36 | |
| 24. | Torquay | 46 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 36:63 | -27 | 35 |