| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Barnet | 46 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 94:46 | 48 | 92 | |
| 2. | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 73:34 | 39 | 91 | |
| 3. | Grimsby | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 74:40 | 34 | 86 | |
| 4. | Eastleigh | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 87:61 | 26 | 82 | |
| 5. | Forest Green | 46 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 80:54 | 26 | 79 | |
| 6. | Macclesfield | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 60:46 | 14 | 78 | |
| 7. | Woking | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 77:52 | 25 | 76 | |
| 8. | Dover | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 69:58 | 11 | 68 | |
| 9. | FC Halifax | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 60:54 | 6 | 66 | |
| 10. | Gateshead | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 66:62 | 4 | 66 | |
| 11. | Wrexham | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 56:52 | 4 | 66 | |
| 12. | Chester | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 64:76 | -12 | 63 | |
| 13. | Torquay | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 64:60 | 4 | 61 | |
| 14. | Braintree | 46 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 56:57 | -1 | 59 | |
| 15. | Lincoln | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 62:71 | -9 | 58 | |
| 16. | Kidderminster | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 51:60 | -9 | 57 | |
| 17. | Altrincham | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 54:73 | -19 | 56 | |
| 18. | Aldershot | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 51:61 | -10 | 53 | |
| 19. | Southport | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 47:72 | -25 | 51 | |
| 20. | Welling | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 52:73 | -21 | 45 | |
| 21. | Alfreton | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 49:90 | -41 | 45 | |
| 22. | AFC Telford | 46 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 58:84 | -26 | 39 | |
| 23. | Dartford | 46 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 44:74 | -30 | 39 | |
| 24. | Nuneaton | 46 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 38:76 | -38 | 36 |