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