| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 19 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 19 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 19 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 4 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 19 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Newport County | 19 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 8 | 19 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Exeter City | 20 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Hartlepool | 20 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Swansea City | 19 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Brentford | 19 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 19 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 16 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 26 | ||||
| 17 | Bradford City | 19 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 19 | Watford | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 20 | |||
| 20 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | ||||
| 21 | Barnsley | 19 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 23 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | ||||