| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 24 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 26 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 26 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Newport County | 25 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 8 | 25 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 30 | ||||
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 25 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 26 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Hartlepool | 25 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 27 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Swansea City | 25 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 24 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 26 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Stockport County | 26 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Bradford City | 25 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 19 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 20 | 26 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | Barnsley | 25 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 22 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 21 | ||||
| 23 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 27 | ||||
| 24 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 19 | ||||