Final Ranking | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | 1. Sheffield Wednesday | 54 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 84: | 22 | 2. Bolton Wanderers | 52 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 79: | 25 | 3. Small Heath | 46 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 78: | 38 | 4. Newton Heath | 44 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 63: | 27 | 5. Leicester Fosse | 43 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 53: | 36 | 6. Grimsby Town | 40 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 67: | 46 | 7. Chesterfield | 38 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 65: | 60 | 8. Woolwich Arsenal | 36 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 61: | 43 | 9. Lincoln City | 36 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46: | 43 | 10.New Brighton Tower | 35 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 66: | 58 | 11.Burslem Port Vale | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 39: | 49 | 12.Walsall | 32 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 50: | 55 | 13.Gainsborough Trinity | 25 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 47: | 75 | 14.Middlesborough | 24 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 39: | 69 | 15.Burton Swifts | 24 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 43: | 84 | 16.Barnsley | 23 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 46: | 79 | 17.Luton Town | 18 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 40: | 75 | 18.Loughborough Town | 8 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 18: | 100 |
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Sheffield Wednesday and Bolton Wanderers promoted to Football League 1901 Division I. | Luton Town and Loughborough Town left the League. |
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