| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 35 | 79 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 38 | 79 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 37 | 68 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 37 | 66 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 32 | |||
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 36 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 38 | 61 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 38 | 58 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 8 | AFC Bournemouth | 36 | 58 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 37 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 35 | |||
| 10 | Swansea City | 36 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 11 | 37 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 36 | ||||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 38 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 38 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 14 | 37 | 47 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 15 | Barnsley | 37 | 46 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Stockport County | 37 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 40 | |||
| 17 | Hartlepool | 37 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 18 | Newport County | 36 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 39 | |||
| 19 | Brentford | 36 | 42 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 34 | |||
| 20 | Bradford City | 34 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 21 | 37 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 28 | ||||
| 22 | 36 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 37 | ||||
| 23 | 37 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 39 | ||||
| 24 | 37 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 39 | ||||