| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Cambridge United | 27 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 2 | 28 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 3 | Wrexham | 25 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 27 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Preston North End | 26 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 25 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Colchester United | 26 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 9 | 26 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 25 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 25 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 26 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Walsall | 26 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Carlisle United | 25 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 25 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 16 | Rotherham United | 25 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 27 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 26 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Lincoln City | 25 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 21 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 21 | ||||
| 22 | Bradford City | 26 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 26 | |||
| 23 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 24 | Portsmouth | 26 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |||