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