| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 15 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 16 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 14 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Cambridge United | 16 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 15 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Halifax Town | 16 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 8 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 15 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Chester City | 15 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Carlisle United | 14 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 16 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 19 | Swansea City | 15 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| 22 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 23 | Barnet | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 24 | Hull City | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||