| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 20 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 20 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 20 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 19 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Port Vale | 21 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Blackpool | 20 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 10 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 11 | 21 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 19 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Hull City | 19 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 17 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 21 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 19 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 21 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | ||||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 24 | |||
| 24 | Northampton Town | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 28 | |||