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