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