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