| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Gillingham | 35 | 67 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 37 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 33 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 4 | 35 | 59 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 27 | ||||
| 5 | Northampton Town | 35 | 54 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 35 | 52 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 36 | 52 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 35 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 9 | Swansea City | 36 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 10 | 36 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 11 | Newport County | 36 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 12 | Hartlepool | 36 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 35 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 36 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |||
| 15 | 34 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 35 | 44 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 40 | |||
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 35 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 36 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 19 | 33 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 37 | ||||
| 20 | 37 | 38 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 30 | ||||
| 21 | Rotherham United | 34 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 22 | 34 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 38 | ||||
| 23 | Stockport County | 36 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 34 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 44 | |||