| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 15 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Blackpool | 15 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Notts. County | 16 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 15 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 7 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 8 | Bristol City | 14 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 14 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 16 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Carlisle United | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 15 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 14 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Fulham | 16 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Walsall | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 20 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 21 | Port Vale | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Chester City | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 23 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 24 | Rotherham United | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||