| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Cambridge United | 32 | 56 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 2 | 29 | 54 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | ||||
| 3 | Preston North End | 31 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 4 | 32 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 25 | ||||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 32 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 6 | 30 | 45 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 7 | 28 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 26 | ||||
| 8 | 29 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | ||||
| 9 | Walsall | 30 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 29 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Colchester United | 31 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 32 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Carlisle United | 31 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Oxford United | 33 | 40 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 15 | 31 | 40 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 26 | ||||
| 16 | Exeter City | 31 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Lincoln City | 32 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Sheffield Wednesday | 31 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 30 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 32 | |||
| 20 | Port Vale | 31 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 33 | |||
| 21 | Rotherham United | 27 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 23 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 26 | ||||
| 24 | Portsmouth | 32 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 29 | |||