| P | W | D | L | CS | FtS | F | A | GD | Pt | PPG | ||
| 1 | Swindon Town | 46 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 75 | 32 | +43 | 93 | 2.02 |
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 88 | 1.91 |
| 3 | Crawley Town | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 76 | 54 | +22 | 84 | 1.83 |
| 4 | Southend United | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 77 | 48 | +29 | 83 | 1.80 |
| 5 | Torquay United | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 81 | 1.76 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 77 | 1.67 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 67 | 59 | +8 | 72 | 1.57 |
| 8 | Gillingham | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 79 | 62 | +17 | 70 | 1.52 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 68 | 60 | +8 | 69 | 1.50 |
| 10 | Oxford United | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 68 | 1.48 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 67 | 1.46 |
| 12 | Aldershot Town | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 66 | 1.43 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 60 | 70 | -10 | 57 | 1.24 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 54 | 66 | -12 | 57 | 1.24 |
| 15 | Morecambe | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 56 | 1.22 |
| 16 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 62 | 78 | -16 | 54 | 1.17 |
| 17 | Burton Albion | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 54 | 81 | -27 | 54 | 1.17 |
| 18 | Bradford City | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 59 | -5 | 50 | 1.09 |
| 19 | Dagenham and Redb'ge | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 72 | -22 | 50 | 1.09 |
| 20 | Northampton Town | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 56 | 79 | -23 | 48 | 1.04 |
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 64 | -17 | 46 | 1.00 |
| 22 | Barnet | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 52 | 79 | -27 | 46 | 1.00 |
| 23 | Hereford United | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 50 | 70 | -20 | 44 | 0.96 |
| 24 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 23 | 39 | 64 | -25 | 37 | 0.80 |
Points per game, average goal difference then average goals scored applies










