| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 28 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 27 | 51 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | ||||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 25 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Exeter City | 26 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 5 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 6 | Swansea City | 27 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 27 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 8 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 9 | Northampton Town | 25 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Newport County | 28 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 26 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Bradford City | 26 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 14 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Hartlepool | 27 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 26 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 25 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Brentford | 27 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 32 | ||||