| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 27 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 26 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Swansea City | 28 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 4 | 27 | 47 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Exeter City | 28 | 41 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Wrexham | 25 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Colchester United | 29 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 9 | 27 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | ||||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 28 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Aldershot | 25 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Halifax Town | 26 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 26 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Cambridge United | 27 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Cardiff City | 24 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Orient | 26 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 19 | 27 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | ||||
| 20 | Hartlepool United | 27 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Burnley | 27 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 22 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 28 | ||||
| 23 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 23 | ||||
| 24 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | ||||