| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 43 | 101 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 44 | 93 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 58 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 44 | 78 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 39 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 43 | 77 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 40 | |||
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 43 | 73 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 24 | |||
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 43 | 70 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Watford | 44 | 69 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 42 | |||
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 45 | 68 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 38 | |||
| 9 | 44 | 66 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 39 | ||||
| 10 | Exeter City | 44 | 65 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 11 | Swansea City | 42 | 59 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 35 | |||
| 12 | Barnsley | 43 | 55 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 13 | Hartlepool | 44 | 55 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 49 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 44 | 54 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 43 | 54 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 38 | |||
| 16 | 44 | 53 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 17 | Cambridge United | 43 | 52 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 18 | Stockport County | 44 | 51 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 49 | |||
| 19 | Newport County | 43 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 54 | |||
| 20 | 43 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 30 | ||||
| 21 | Bradford City | 41 | 45 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 36 | |||
| 22 | 43 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 43 | ||||
| 23 | 44 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 43 | ||||
| 24 | 44 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 42 | ||||