| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 32 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Bradford City | 31 | 63 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 30 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 30 | 60 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | |||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 59 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 31 | 55 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | |||
| 7 | 31 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 24 | ||||
| 8 | Blackpool | 31 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 32 | 48 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Hull City | 30 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 32 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 12 | 31 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 33 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 14 | 31 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 32 | ||||
| 15 | 28 | 35 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 23 | ||||
| 16 | 31 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 26 | ||||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 32 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 18 | 30 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 27 | ||||
| 19 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 27 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 31 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 31 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 22 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 34 | ||||
| 23 | Northampton Town | 32 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 37 | |||
| 24 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 31 | ||||