| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 18 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 18 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 18 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 18 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Burnley | 18 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 12 | 18 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Halifax Town | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Peterborough United | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Swansea City | 18 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 17 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 18 | Exeter City | 17 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 19 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 20 | Carlisle United | 18 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Wrexham | 18 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | ||||
| 23 | Newport County | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 24 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 25 | ||||