| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Cambridge United | 43 | 87 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 44 | 81 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 27 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 44 | 81 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | |||
| 4 | Exeter City | 44 | 81 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 33 | |||
| 5 | Swansea City | 44 | 80 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 59 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 36 | |||
| 6 | Barnsley | 44 | 72 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 44 | 72 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 37 | |||
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 44 | 67 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 34 | |||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 44 | 67 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 43 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 44 | 65 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 11 | 43 | 63 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 12 | 44 | 63 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 38 | ||||
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 44 | 59 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Stockport County | 44 | 56 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 36 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 43 | 56 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 37 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 44 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 47 | |||
| 17 | 44 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 45 | ||||
| 18 | 44 | 51 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 32 | ||||
| 19 | 44 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 45 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 44 | 46 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Newport County | 42 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 37 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 44 | 39 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 52 | |||
| 23 | 44 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 48 | ||||
| 24 | 43 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 57 | ||||