| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 16 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Swansea City | 16 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Southend United | 15 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Colchester United | 16 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Exeter City | 16 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Preston North End | 15 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 16 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 8 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | ||||
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Aldershot | 16 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Orient | 15 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 14 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Cardiff City | 15 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Burnley | 16 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Cambridge United | 15 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 19 | Peterborough United | 16 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 20 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 22 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 23 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | ||||
| 24 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | ||||