| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 27 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 24 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 27 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 27 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 8 | 26 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 32 | ||||
| 9 | Exeter City | 28 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Newport County | 26 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 11 | Cambridge United | 27 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Hartlepool | 25 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Watford | 27 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Swansea City | 26 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 16 | 25 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 17 | Brentford | 25 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Stockport County | 27 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 25 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 26 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 21 | ||||
| 23 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 27 | ||||
| 24 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 19 | ||||