| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 19 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 20 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Portsmouth | 20 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Newport County | 20 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Oxford United | 19 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Brentford | 20 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Bradford City | 19 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 11 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 13 | Exeter City | 21 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 21 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 20 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield United | 19 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Reading | 21 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Orient | 20 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Preston North End | 20 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Millwall | 20 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 23 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | Walsall | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |||