| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aston Villa | 22 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 22 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 22 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Swansea City | 22 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 22 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 22 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Port Vale | 22 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Wrexham | 22 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Bradford City | 22 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 16 | 22 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 22 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 23 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 32 | |||
| 21 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | Barnsley | 22 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||