| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 35 | 70 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 34 | 70 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 33 | 69 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Bradford City | 34 | 68 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 17 | |||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 34 | 64 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 34 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 7 | 33 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 25 | ||||
| 8 | Port Vale | 35 | 52 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Blackpool | 33 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Hull City | 33 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 35 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 12 | 32 | 42 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 25 | ||||
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 34 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 34 | |||
| 14 | 36 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | 34 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | 35 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 29 | ||||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 35 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 18 | 33 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 29 | ||||
| 19 | Northampton Town | 36 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 44 | |||
| 20 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 29 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 33 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 22 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 41 | ||||
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 34 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 33 | |||