| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 22 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 24 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 24 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 24 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 23 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Hartlepool | 23 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 8 | 23 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 29 | ||||
| 9 | 23 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | ||||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 24 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Exeter City | 25 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Swansea City | 23 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 23 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 22 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 16 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | Watford | 24 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| 19 | 24 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| 20 | Bradford City | 22 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 23 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 23 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 25 | ||||
| 24 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 17 | ||||