| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Halifax Town | 18 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 18 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 17 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Brentford | 16 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Cambridge United | 18 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 17 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 14 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 18 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Swansea City | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 17 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 19 | Chester City | 17 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Carlisle United | 15 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 21 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| 22 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 23 | Barnet | 19 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 24 | Hull City | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||