| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 2 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | Colchester United | 15 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 4 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | Wrexham | 14 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Oxford United | 14 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Rotherham United | 14 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 14 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| 10 | Preston North End | 14 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 15 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Walsall | 15 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 15 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| 16 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | Swindon Town | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 19 | Lincoln City | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Bradford City | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Port Vale | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 13 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||