| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 20 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 4 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Colchester United | 20 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Burnley | 20 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Swansea City | 20 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 20 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Peterborough United | 19 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 20 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 18 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Wrexham | 20 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 21 | Carlisle United | 20 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 22 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 23 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 26 | ||||
| 24 | Newport County | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 33 | |||