| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 24 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Cambridge United | 25 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 24 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 24 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Barnsley | 25 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 25 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 7 | AFC Bournemouth | 24 | 39 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 23 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Swansea City | 24 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 24 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Watford | 23 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Aldershot | 21 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | 22 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | Hartlepool | 24 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 21 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Brentford | 24 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 22 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | Newport County | 22 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 24 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 29 | ||||