| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 21 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 20 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 21 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 4 | 21 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 21 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Newport County | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 20 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Exeter City | 22 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Hartlepool | 21 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 27 | ||||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 21 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Swansea City | 20 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 16 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 17 | Watford | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 18 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 19 | Bradford City | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 20 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 20 | ||||
| 21 | Barnsley | 20 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 23 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | ||||