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