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