| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 23 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 2 | 22 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 23 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 4 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Reading | 23 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 23 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Oxford United | 23 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 8 | 23 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | ||||
| 9 | 23 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | ||||
| 10 | 22 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 11 | Watford | 23 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Barrow | 23 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 23 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Northampton Town | 23 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 23 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Orient | 21 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 30 | |||
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | |||