| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 18 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 18 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 17 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 18 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Port Vale | 18 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 9 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 10 | Blackpool | 18 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 18 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Aldershot | 18 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Hull City | 18 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 15 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| 16 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 19 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | ||||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Northampton Town | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 28 | |||