| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Scunthorpe | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 36:25 | 11 | 40 | |
| 2. | Chesterfield | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 35:24 | 11 | 39 | |
| 3. | Fleetwood | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 25:22 | 3 | 37 | |
| 4. | Rochdale | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 27:26 | 1 | 33 | |
| 5. | Burton | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 20:20 | 0 | 33 | |
| 6. | Mansfield | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 22:26 | -4 | 33 | |
| 7. | Southend | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 27:23 | 4 | 32 | |
| 8. | York City | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 29:26 | 3 | 32 | |
| 9. | Oxford Utd | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 29:27 | 2 | 32 | |
| 10. | Exeter | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 32:30 | 2 | 31 | |
| 11. | Cheltenham | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 24:28 | -4 | 31 | |
| 12. | Plymouth | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 28:32 | -4 | 29 | |
| 13. | Dag & Red | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28:34 | -6 | 29 | |
| 14. | Accrington | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 21:27 | -6 | 29 | |
| 15. | Wycombe | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26:27 | -1 | 26 | |
| 16. | Portsmouth | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 30:41 | -11 | 26 | |
| 17. | AFC Wimbledon | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22:28 | -6 | 25 | |
| 18. | Northampton | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18:25 | -7 | 25 | |
| 19. | Torquay | 23 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 24:35 | -11 | 25 | |
| 20. | Bury | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 26:28 | -2 | 23 | |
| 21. | Morecambe | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 22:38 | -16 | 23 | |
| 22. | Newport | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 19:32 | -13 | 22 | |
| 23. | Hartlepool | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20:29 | -9 | 20 | |
| 24. | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 15:33 | -18 | 14 |