| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 32 | 76 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 31 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 22 | |||
| 3 | 32 | 59 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | Swansea City | 31 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Colchester United | 34 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 32 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 34 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Exeter City | 32 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Orient | 31 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 32 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 32 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 32 | |||
| 12 | Wrexham | 30 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Cardiff City | 29 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 14 | 33 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | ||||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 32 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 33 | 39 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Lincoln City | 31 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 18 | 32 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 27 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 32 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Hartlepool United | 32 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Burnley | 32 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 22 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 29 | ||||
| 23 | 30 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 29 | ||||
| 24 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 29 | ||||