| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 22 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Swansea City | 22 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 20 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 22 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Gillingham | 21 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 7 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | Blackpool | 21 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 9 | 21 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 22 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 21 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 14 | Hull City | 20 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Colchester United | 21 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Oxford United | 21 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 22 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Walsall | 21 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Peterborough United | 22 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 22 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 21 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | |||