| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 24 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | Wrexham | 22 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 23 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | Cambridge United | 22 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 22 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 22 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Colchester United | 22 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 22 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Exeter City | 22 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 12 | Walsall | 22 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 22 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Oxford United | 23 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 15 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | ||||
| 16 | Carlisle United | 22 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Rotherham United | 22 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Bradford City | 22 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 20 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | ||||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 22 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Port Vale | 22 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Portsmouth | 23 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||