| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 16 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Lincoln City | 16 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 16 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Newport County | 16 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 8 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Swansea City | 16 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 10 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Hartlepool | 17 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 16 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Brentford | 16 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 17 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 17 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 18 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 26 | ||||
| 19 | Bradford City | 16 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Stockport County | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 22 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 23 | ||||
| 24 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||||