| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 34 | 63 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Cambridge United | 33 | 63 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 33 | 60 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Huddersfield Town | 33 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Barnsley | 34 | 55 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 33 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Swansea City | 32 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 33 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 32 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 10 | 33 | 51 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 33 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 35 | |||
| 12 | 34 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 33 | ||||
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 34 | 47 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Aldershot | 32 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Stockport County | 32 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 16 | 34 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | 34 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 34 | ||||
| 18 | 33 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 40 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 33 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Hartlepool | 34 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 45 | |||
| 21 | Brentford | 33 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 41 | |||
| 22 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 41 | ||||
| 23 | Newport County | 29 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 30 | |||
| 24 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 36 | ||||