| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 11 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 13 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Southend United | 12 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Swansea City | 12 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Exeter City | 12 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 8 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 9 | Aldershot | 12 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 11 | Orient | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 12 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Burnley | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 16 | Cardiff City | 11 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Lincoln City | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 18 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 19 | Peterborough United | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 20 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 21 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 23 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 24 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | ||||