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