| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 25 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Cardiff City | 25 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 6 | 24 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 8 | 25 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 9 | Burnley | 25 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 11 | 24 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 25 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 25 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Swansea City | 25 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 24 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 24 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 17 | 25 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| 18 | 25 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | Wrexham | 25 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Exeter City | 24 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Carlisle United | 24 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 22 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 32 | ||||
| 24 | Newport County | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 40 | |||