| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 20 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 2 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 3 | 20 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | Reading | 21 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Oxford United | 20 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 20 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 7 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | ||||
| 8 | Barrow | 20 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 20 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Watford | 20 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 14 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | Northampton Town | 20 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 16 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Colchester United | 20 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Orient | 19 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | |||