| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Cambridge United | 30 | 54 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 29 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 29 | 53 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 30 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Exeter City | 28 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 29 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 7 | 29 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | Watford | 28 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Aldershot | 28 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 10 | AFC Bournemouth | 30 | 44 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 29 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 32 | |||
| 13 | Stockport County | 28 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Swansea City | 27 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 15 | 30 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | 29 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 31 | ||||
| 17 | 30 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 33 | ||||
| 18 | 29 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 26 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 29 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Hartlepool | 30 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 42 | |||
| 21 | Brentford | 29 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 37 | |||
| 22 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 37 | ||||
| 23 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 28 | ||||
| 24 | Newport County | 25 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 29 | |||