Current Holders: Lincoln
| | HOME | | AWAY | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Bradford | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +3 | 15 |
| 2 | Sheff Wed | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +7 | 14 |
| 3 | Plymouth | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +4 | 13 |
| 4 | Huddersfield | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +5 | 12 |
| 5 | Cambridge U | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +2 | 12 |
| 6 | Oxford | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +6 | 11 |
| 7 | AFC W'bledon | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Reading | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +7 | 10 |
| 9 | Stockport | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +6 | 10 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +4 | 10 |
| 11 | Stevenage | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 |
| 12 | Burton | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Leicester | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Wycombe | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Luton | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | Mansfield | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 18 | Barnsley | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 19 | Bromley | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 8 |
| 20 | Notts Co | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 21 | Doncaster | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 22 | MK Dons | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 23 | Peterborough | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 24 | Wigan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
