| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Swansea City | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Colchester United | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Exeter City | 10 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 7 | Orient | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Cambridge United | 10 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 10 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 10 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 13 | Wrexham | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 14 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 15 | Burnley | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 19 | Lincoln City | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Peterborough United | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 24 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||||