| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Southend United | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Stoke City | 11 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Birmingham City | 11 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Brentford | 11 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 7 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | Reading | 11 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Cambridge United | 11 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 10 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 11 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Preston North End | 11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 15 | Chester City | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 16 | Bradford City | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 17 | Swansea City | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | Fulham | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 23 | Rotherham United | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 24 | Shrewsbury Town | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||