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