| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 16 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 16 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Stevenage | 16 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Crawley Town | 16 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Notts. County | 16 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 16 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 8 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 9 | Brentford | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Preston North End | 16 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | ||||
| 12 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 16 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Carlisle United | 16 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 16 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 16 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 19 | Coventry City | 16 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 23 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||