| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Rotherham United | 20 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | Lincoln City | 18 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Northampton Town | 20 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 19 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 21 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Newport County | 19 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Exeter City | 20 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Hartlepool | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Swansea City | 22 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 21 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Cambridge United | 21 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 20 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 19 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 22 | ||||
| 21 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 24 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 22 | ||||