| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Wrexham | 18 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 18 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 19 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 9 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | ||||
| 10 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 18 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 17 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 14 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | Reading | 18 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 19 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Peterborough United | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Port Vale | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 23 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | ||||
| 24 | Portsmouth | 18 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||