| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Lincoln City | 16 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Newport County | 17 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 16 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Portsmouth | 17 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 7 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 8 | Bradford City | 17 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 17 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 10 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 11 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Oxford United | 16 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 17 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Wrexham | 17 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield United | 17 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 19 | Reading | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Millwall | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Orient | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Preston North End | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Walsall | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 24 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | ||||