| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 67 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 31 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Lincoln City | 28 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 31 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 5 | Newport County | 28 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 28 | 49 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 31 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 32 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Reading | 29 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 30 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 11 | Hartlepool | 27 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 12 | 30 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 13 | Brentford | 31 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 30 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 32 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 16 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 31 | ||||
| 17 | Swansea City | 31 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 19 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 26 | ||||
| 20 | 33 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 30 | ||||
| 21 | 31 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 32 | ||||
| 22 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | ||||
| 23 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 38 | ||||
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 30 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 29 | |||