| Conference | |||||||||
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Rushden & Diamonds | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 78 | 36 | 42 | 86 |
| 2 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 73 | 50 | 23 | 80 |
| 3 | Dagenham & Redbridge (P) | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 71 | 54 | 17 | 77 |
| 4 | Southport | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 58 | 46 | 12 | 69 |
| 5 | Leigh RMI (P) | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 63 | 57 | 6 | 68 |
| 6 | Telford United | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 65 |
| 7 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 71 | 61 | 10 | 63 |
| 8 | Chester City (R) | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 49 | 43 | 6 | 62 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 47 | 43 | 4 | 58 |
| 10 | Scarborough | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 56 | 54 | 2 | 58 |
| 11 | Hereford United | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 60 | 46 | 14 | 57 |
| 12 | Boston United (P) | 42 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 74 | 63 | 11 | 56 |
| 13 | Nuneaton Borough | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 54 |
| 14 | Woking | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 57 | -5 | 54 |
| 15 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 54 | 56 | -2 | 53 |
| 16 | Forest Green Rovers | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 43 | 54 | -11 | 48 |
| 17 | Northwich Victoria | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 49 | 67 | -18 | 46 |
| 18 | Hayes | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 44 | 71 | -27 | 46 |
| 19 | Morecambe | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 64 | 66 | -2 | 45 |
| 20 | Kettering Town | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 46 | 62 | -16 | 43 |
| 21 | Kingstonian | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 47 | 73 | -26 | 34 |
| 22 | Hednesford Town | 42 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 46 | 86 | -40 | 28 |