| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Cambridge United | 41 | 81 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Bradford City | 42 | 77 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 30 | |||
| 3 | Colchester United | 42 | 75 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Exeter City | 42 | 75 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 5 | Swansea City | 42 | 74 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 35 | |||
| 6 | Barnsley | 42 | 72 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 69 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 33 | |||
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 66 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 43 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 32 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 42 | 64 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 11 | 42 | 62 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 37 | ||||
| 12 | 41 | 59 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 42 | 55 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Stockport County | 42 | 55 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 42 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 44 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 41 | 52 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 17 | 42 | 50 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 29 | ||||
| 18 | 42 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 45 | ||||
| 19 | 42 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 41 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 42 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepool | 42 | 39 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 51 | |||
| 22 | Newport County | 40 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 37 | |||
| 23 | 42 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 45 | ||||
| 24 | 41 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 57 | ||||