| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 19 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 2 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 3 | Oxford United | 19 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Peterborough United | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 5 | 18 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 6 | Barrow | 19 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | ||||
| 8 | Reading | 19 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 19 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 11 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 13 | 19 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 19 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Northampton Town | 19 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Colchester United | 19 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 19 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Orient | 18 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | |||