| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 24 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 22 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Colchester United | 22 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Bradford City | 22 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 22 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 6 | 22 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | AFC Bournemouth | 22 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Port Vale | 23 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Blackpool | 21 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 10 | 23 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 11 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Aldershot | 21 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Hull City | 21 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Stockport County | 20 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 17 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 23 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 19 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 21 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 27 | |||
| 24 | Northampton Town | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||