| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Cambridge United | 27 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 25 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 27 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 27 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 5 | 25 | 41 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | Swansea City | 25 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 25 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Stockport County | 26 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 9 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 25 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Aldershot | 24 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 27 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 30 | |||
| 15 | 26 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | 24 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | ||||
| 17 | 26 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | ||||
| 18 | 27 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 30 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 25 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Hartlepool | 26 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 35 | |||
| 21 | Brentford | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 22 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | Newport County | 22 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 24 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 35 | ||||