| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 25 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 24 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 25 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | 25 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 24 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Newport County | 25 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 24 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 8 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 9 | Swansea City | 24 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 23 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Bradford City | 25 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Reading | 23 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 15 | 23 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | Rotherham United | 24 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 23 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Brentford | 24 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 20 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | Hartlepool | 24 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 22 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | ||||
| 23 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 32 | ||||
| 24 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 25 | ||||