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