| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | |||
| 3 | 22 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 21 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 19 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Newport County | 20 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Northampton Town | 21 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Reading | 21 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Bradford City | 22 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 10 | 22 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 11 | Exeter City | 21 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 12 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Brentford | 21 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 15 | Hartlepool | 18 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 16 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 17 | Swansea City | 23 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 22 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Cambridge United | 22 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | |||
| 21 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | ||||
| 22 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 24 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 23 | ||||