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