| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 21 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 20 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 3 | 21 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | ||||
| 4 | Lincoln City | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 6 | Newport County | 21 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 19 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 9 | 20 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | Exeter City | 21 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Northampton Town | 19 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Swansea City | 20 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Bradford City | 21 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Rotherham United | 20 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 21 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 17 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 18 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | ||||
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | ||||
| 20 | Barnsley | 19 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 21 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 27 | ||||
| 22 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 23 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepool | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||