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