| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 33 | 69 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 29 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 31 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 4 | 31 | 58 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 27 | ||||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 6 | 33 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 28 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 33 | 50 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 32 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 10 | Swansea City | 30 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 11 | 31 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 32 | ||||
| 12 | Newport County | 29 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 33 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 14 | 32 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 28 | ||||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Hartlepool | 31 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 17 | 29 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 18 | Brentford | 30 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 28 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 31 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 21 | 32 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 32 | ||||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 32 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 23 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 31 | ||||
| 24 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 31 | ||||