| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 45 | 93 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 53 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 45 | 91 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Bradford City | 45 | 88 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 52 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 22 | |||
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 44 | 86 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 45 | 82 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 35 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 45 | 69 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 33 | |||
| 7 | Hull City | 45 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 38 | |||
| 8 | Port Vale | 45 | 67 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 32 | |||
| 9 | 45 | 66 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 32 | ||||
| 10 | 44 | 65 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 33 | ||||
| 11 | 44 | 57 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 34 | ||||
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 45 | 57 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Blackpool | 44 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 34 | |||
| 14 | 44 | 54 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 31 | ||||
| 15 | 45 | 54 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 48 | ||||
| 16 | Aldershot | 45 | 51 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 39 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 45 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 42 | |||
| 18 | 44 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 51 | ||||
| 19 | Stockport County | 45 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 39 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 45 | 48 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 42 | |||
| 21 | 45 | 43 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 40 | ||||
| 22 | Northampton Town | 45 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 52 | |||
| 23 | 45 | 41 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 43 | ||||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 45 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 52 | |||