| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Swindon | 46 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 75:32 | 43 | 93 | |
| 2. | Shrewsbury | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 66:41 | 25 | 88 | |
| 3. | Crawley | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 79:54 | 25 | 86 | |
| 4. | Southend | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 77:47 | 30 | 84 | |
| 5. | Torquay | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 63:50 | 13 | 81 | |
| 6. | Cheltenham | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 63:50 | 13 | 75 | |
| 7. | Crewe | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 67:59 | 8 | 72 | |
| 8. | Gillingham | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 79:62 | 17 | 70 | |
| 9. | Rotherham | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67:62 | 5 | 69 | |
| 10. | Oxford Utd | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 59:48 | 11 | 68 | |
| 11. | Aldershot | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 53:52 | 1 | 64 | |
| 12. | Port Vale | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 68:60 | 8 | 59 | |
| 13. | Accrington | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 54:63 | -9 | 58 | |
| 14. | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 60:70 | -10 | 57 | |
| 15. | Morecambe | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 63:57 | 6 | 56 | |
| 16. | Burton | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 54:81 | -27 | 54 | |
| 17. | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 62:81 | -19 | 53 | |
| 18. | Bradford City | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 54:59 | -5 | 50 | |
| 19. | Dag & Red | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 50:72 | -22 | 50 | |
| 20. | Northampton | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 55:79 | -24 | 47 | |
| 21. | Plymouth | 46 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 47:64 | -17 | 46 | |
| 22. | Barnet | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 52:79 | -27 | 46 | |
| 23. | Hereford | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 50:70 | -20 | 44 | |
| 24. | Macclesfield | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 39:64 | -25 | 37 |