| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 42 | 84 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 42 | 84 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 42 | 83 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Peterborough United | 42 | 82 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 29 | |||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 41 | 81 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 42 | 66 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 42 | 63 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Hull City | 42 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 37 | |||
| 9 | 41 | 61 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 30 | ||||
| 10 | 42 | 60 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 31 | ||||
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 43 | 54 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 12 | 42 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 32 | ||||
| 13 | Blackpool | 42 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 33 | |||
| 14 | 41 | 51 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 28 | ||||
| 15 | Aldershot | 42 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 33 | |||
| 16 | 42 | 48 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 46 | ||||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 36 | |||
| 18 | Stockport County | 43 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 37 | |||
| 19 | 42 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 35 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 42 | 42 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 38 | |||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 44 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 50 | |||
| 22 | 41 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 23 | 51 | ||||
| 23 | 42 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 39 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 44 | |||