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