| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 33 | 69 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 29 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 32 | 61 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 32 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 30 | 55 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 33 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 34 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 32 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 10 | 32 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 32 | ||||
| 11 | Swansea City | 31 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 12 | 31 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 34 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 30 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 15 | Stockport County | 33 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Brentford | 31 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Hartlepool | 32 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 32 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Bradford City | 29 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 21 | 32 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 32 | ||||
| 22 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 31 | ||||
| 24 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 33 | ||||