| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 30 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 29 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 29 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 30 | 58 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Bradford City | 29 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 16 | |||
| 6 | 30 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | Colchester United | 29 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Port Vale | 31 | 48 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Blackpool | 30 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 10 | 30 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | Aldershot | 30 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 32 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 13 | 30 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 32 | ||||
| 14 | Hull City | 28 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 15 | 27 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 23 | ||||
| 16 | 30 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 17 | Stockport County | 28 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 19 | 29 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 28 | ||||
| 20 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 31 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 29 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 22 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | Northampton Town | 30 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 35 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 30 | |||