| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Cambridge United | 37 | 72 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Bradford City | 38 | 70 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | |||
| 3 | Colchester United | 38 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Huddersfield Town | 37 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Barnsley | 38 | 65 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Exeter City | 37 | 65 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 38 | 60 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 38 | |||
| 8 | Swansea City | 36 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 33 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 37 | 57 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 10 | 37 | 57 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 37 | 57 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 12 | 38 | 56 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 37 | ||||
| 13 | Stockport County | 38 | 52 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 37 | 51 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 37 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 34 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 38 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 43 | |||
| 17 | 38 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 26 | ||||
| 18 | 37 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 35 | ||||
| 19 | 38 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 43 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 38 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepool | 39 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 48 | |||
| 22 | Newport County | 35 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 36 | |||
| 23 | 38 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 38 | ||||
| 24 | 37 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 44 | ||||