| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 12 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Swansea City | 13 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Exeter City | 13 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Colchester United | 13 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Preston North End | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 8 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | Wrexham | 10 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Aldershot | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Lincoln City | 13 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Orient | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Cambridge United | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Cardiff City | 12 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Burnley | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 18 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| 19 | Peterborough United | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 20 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 21 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Hartlepool United | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 24 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | ||||