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