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