| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 16 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 16 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Newport County | 16 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Walsall | 16 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 16 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 7 | 16 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 9 | Aldershot | 15 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 15 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 16 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 12 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 14 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 17 | Northampton Town | 16 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 23 | |||
| 20 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| 22 | Port Vale | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 23 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 24 | |||