| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 17 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 17 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Stevenage | 17 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Crawley Town | 17 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 17 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 17 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Brentford | 17 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | ||||
| 10 | Preston North End | 17 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 11 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | ||||
| 12 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 17 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Carlisle United | 17 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 17 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 17 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 20 | Coventry City | 17 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 22 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |||