| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 28 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Colchester United | 27 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | |||
| 4 | 26 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | ||||
| 5 | 28 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 22 | ||||
| 6 | Cardiff City | 26 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 9 | 28 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | Burnley | 28 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 11 | Swansea City | 29 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 27 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 13 | 27 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 14 | 28 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | ||||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 27 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 27 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 18 | 28 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 19 | 27 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 20 | Exeter City | 28 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 21 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | ||||
| 22 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 34 | ||||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 28 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 36 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 28 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 47 | |||