| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Cambridge United | 30 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 26 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | ||||
| 4 | 29 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | Preston North End | 27 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 6 | 27 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 26 | ||||
| 7 | Colchester United | 29 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 8 | 27 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 9 | 28 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town | 30 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 26 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 12 | 28 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 13 | Carlisle United | 28 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Walsall | 27 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 29 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 29 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 29 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 28 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Rotherham United | 26 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 22 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 23 | ||||
| 23 | Bradford City | 28 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 32 | |||
| 24 | Portsmouth | 29 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 28 | |||