| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 12 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 12 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 12 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 5 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 7 | Newport County | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 12 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 9 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| 10 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 11 | Swansea City | 12 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 13 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 14 | Exeter City | 13 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 16 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 22 | ||||
| 17 | Barnsley | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 18 | Bradford City | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 19 | Hartlepool | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 20 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| 21 | Watford | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| 24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||||