| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Halifax Town | 20 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 19 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 20 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Brentford | 18 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Cambridge United | 19 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 19 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Swansea City | 19 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 19 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 19 | Chester City | 19 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Barnet | 20 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Carlisle United | 17 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 22 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 24 | Hull City | 20 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||