| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 30 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 27 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 29 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 4 | 29 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | ||||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 29 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 6 | 30 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | ||||
| 7 | Exeter City | 31 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 30 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 10 | Swansea City | 28 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 11 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 32 | ||||
| 12 | Newport County | 27 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 30 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 28 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 16 | 28 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 17 | Hartlepool | 28 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 18 | 30 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | Bradford City | 27 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 29 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 21 | 29 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 23 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 27 | ||||
| 24 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 25 | ||||