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