| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 15 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 15 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | Colchester United | 15 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Bradford City | 14 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 15 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Blackpool | 15 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 9 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 10 | Port Vale | 14 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 11 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 12 | Aldershot | 15 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Stockport County | 15 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | |||
| 14 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 17 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Hull City | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 20 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | ||||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 22 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Northampton Town | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 24 | |||