| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 30 | 72 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 28 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | |||
| 3 | 29 | 53 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | ||||
| 4 | Swansea City | 30 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Exeter City | 29 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 30 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 31 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 27 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Orient | 28 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 29 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 29 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 14 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | Cardiff City | 26 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 29 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 17 | 30 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 29 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Hartlepool United | 29 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Burnley | 29 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 31 | |||
| 22 | 27 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | ||||
| 24 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 27 | ||||