| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 12 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Stoke City | 11 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Birmingham City | 12 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 8 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 9 | Reading | 12 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 12 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 15 | Chester City | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 16 | Swansea City | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Bradford City | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Fulham | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Rotherham United | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 24 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||