| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 17 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Swansea City | 17 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 3 | 17 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 4 | Colchester United | 18 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 16 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Wrexham | 14 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 16 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 17 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Lincoln City | 17 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Burnley | 18 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 14 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Orient | 16 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Cambridge United | 16 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Hartlepool United | 18 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Cardiff City | 16 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Peterborough United | 17 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 18 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 22 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | ||||
| 24 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 | ||||