| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aston Villa | 21 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 21 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 21 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Swansea City | 21 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 21 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 21 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Wrexham | 21 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 21 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 26 | ||||
| 15 | Bradford City | 21 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 21 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 22 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 21 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 23 | Barnsley | 21 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||