| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 26 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Swansea City | 23 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 4 | 23 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 5 | 24 | 39 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | Exeter City | 24 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 23 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Rotherham United | 22 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 10 | 23 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | ||||
| 11 | Blackpool | 22 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Southend United | 23 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 13 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 14 | Colchester United | 24 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 21 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Oxford United | 24 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Brentford | 25 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Peterborough United | 25 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 24 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 25 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 28 | |||