| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 23 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 25 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 25 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 24 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 24 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Cambridge United | 25 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Newport County | 24 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 10 | 24 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 30 | ||||
| 11 | Hartlepool | 24 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 26 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Swansea City | 24 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 23 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 16 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | Watford | 25 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Stockport County | 25 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 19 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 23 | ||||
| 20 | Bradford City | 23 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 24 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 22 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 25 | ||||
| 24 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 19 | ||||