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