| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 21 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Portsmouth | 22 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 22 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Oxford United | 21 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Newport County | 22 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 22 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Bradford City | 21 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 12 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 13 | Wrexham | 22 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 23 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 31 | |||
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 23 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 22 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield United | 21 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Orient | 22 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Chesterfield | 22 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Reading | 23 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 22 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Preston North End | 22 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 23 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 25 | ||||
| 24 | Millwall | 22 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | |||