| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 25 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 2 | 24 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | ||||
| 3 | 25 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 4 | Peterborough United | 25 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 25 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 25 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 8 | 24 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | ||||
| 9 | Oxford United | 25 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 25 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Barrow | 25 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 13 | 25 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | ||||
| 14 | 25 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 17 | 25 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 18 | Colchester United | 25 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 25 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Northampton Town | 25 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Orient | 23 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 33 | |||