| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 18 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 18 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 18 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 7 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Newport County | 18 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepool | 19 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Exeter City | 19 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 18 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Swansea City | 18 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 18 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 16 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 26 | ||||
| 17 | Stockport County | 18 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 18 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 20 | |||
| 19 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| 20 | Bradford City | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 18 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| 23 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 13 | ||||