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