| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 3 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 4 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 16 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Cardiff City | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 16 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 16 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 16 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 14 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | ||||
| 15 | Exeter City | 16 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Swansea City | 16 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 18 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 19 | Wrexham | 16 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Carlisle United | 16 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 22 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | Newport County | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 26 | |||
| 24 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 25 | ||||