| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 18 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 18 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 18 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | Stevenage | 18 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Crawley Town | 18 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Notts. County | 18 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | ||||
| 9 | Brentford | 18 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Preston North End | 18 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 11 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 12 | 18 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | Colchester United | 18 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Coventry City | 18 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 18 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 18 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 23 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |||