| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 24 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Cambridge United | 26 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 4 | 26 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 21 | ||||
| 5 | Preston North End | 25 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 24 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Colchester United | 25 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 9 | 25 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | 24 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 12 | Exeter City | 24 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Walsall | 24 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Carlisle United | 24 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 16 | Oxford United | 26 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Port Vale | 25 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 24 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 25 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 24 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 22 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 21 | ||||
| 23 | Portsmouth | 25 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 23 | |||