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