| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 12 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Luton Town | 12 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Barrow | 12 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 4 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Rotherham United | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Stockport County | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 12 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 11 | Plymouth Argyle | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 11 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 16 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| 17 | Walsall | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 18 | Orient | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |||
| 23 | Gillingham | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 | |||