| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 30 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 2 | Cambridge United | 29 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 3 | 28 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 22 | ||||
| 4 | Wrexham | 25 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 26 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 27 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 7 | 28 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 8 | Colchester United | 28 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 26 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 25 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 28 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 13 | 27 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 14 | Carlisle United | 26 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 26 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Oxford United | 28 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 17 | Lincoln City | 27 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 25 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Port Vale | 27 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Bradford City | 27 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 23 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 23 | ||||
| 24 | Portsmouth | 28 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 28 | |||