| Walsall | 46 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 66 | - | 34 | 32 | 89 |
| Hartlepool | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 65 | - | 40 | 25 | 88 |
| Swindon | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 58 | - | 38 | 20 | 85 |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 76 | - | 58 | 18 | 84 |
| Lincoln | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 70 | - | 59 | 11 | 74 |
| Bristol Rovers | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 49 | - | 42 | 7 | 72 |
| Shrewsbury | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 68 | - | 46 | 22 | 71 |
| Stockport | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 65 | - | 54 | 11 | 71 |
| Rochdale | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 70 | - | 50 | 20 | 66 |
| Peterborough | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 70 | - | 61 | 9 | 65 |
| Darlington | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 52 | - | 56 | -4 | 65 |
| Wycombe | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 52 | - | 47 | 5 | 62 |
| Notts County | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 55 | - | 53 | 2 | 62 |
| Grimsby | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 57 | - | 73 | -16 | 59 |
| Barnet | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 54 | - | 70 | -16 | 58 |
| Hereford | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 45 | - | 53 | -8 | 55 |
| Mansfield | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 58 | - | 63 | -5 | 54 |
| Chester | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 40 | - | 48 | -8 | 53 |
| Bury | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 47 | - | 60 | -13 | 52 |
| Wrexham | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 43 | - | 65 | -22 | 51 |
| Accrington Stanley | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 70 | - | 81 | -11 | 50 |
| Macclesfield | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 55 | - | 77 | -22 | 48 |
| Boston | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 51 | - | 81 | -30 | 46 |
| Torquay | 46 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 36 | - | 63 | -27 | 35 |