| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | PTS |
| 1 | Walsall | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 35 |
| 2 | Swindon | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 |
| 3 | MK Dons (A) | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 |
| 4 | Notts Co | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Bromley | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | Cambridge Utd | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Salford | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 |
| 8 | Gillingham | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Chesterfield | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 |
| 10 | Colchester | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Crewe | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| 12 | Grimsby | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| 13 | Fleetwood (H) | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| 14 | Barnet | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 15 | Tranmere | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 16 | Oldham | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 17 | Accrington | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 18 | Barrow | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 19 | Crawley | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| 22 | Cheltenham | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| 23 | Harrogate | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 24 | Newport | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 |
