| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 28 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 27 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Swansea City | 29 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 4 | 28 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Colchester United | 30 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 6 | Exeter City | 28 | 41 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 26 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 29 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 28 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 24 | ||||
| 12 | Aldershot | 26 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Orient | 27 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 28 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Lincoln City | 27 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 27 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 24 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 18 | 28 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Hartlepool United | 28 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Burnley | 28 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 22 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 23 | ||||
| 23 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | ||||
| 24 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 27 | ||||