| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 26 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 29 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 28 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 6 | 29 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | ||||
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 30 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 29 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 10 | 27 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 32 | ||||
| 11 | Newport County | 27 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 12 | Swansea City | 27 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 29 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Brentford | 27 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 15 | 29 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 16 | Hartlepool | 27 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 17 | 27 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 18 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | ||||
| 19 | Bradford City | 27 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 20 | 28 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 28 | ||||
| 21 | Barnsley | 28 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 23 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 27 | ||||
| 24 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 21 | ||||