| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Reading | 16 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Wimbledon | 16 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Barnsley | 16 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Portsmouth | 16 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 16 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | Northampton Town | 16 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 16 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 14 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | Port Vale | 16 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 19 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 20 | Bradford City | 16 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 23 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | ||||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||