| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stoke City | 9 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Luton Town | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Blackpool | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Walsall | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 7 | Fulham | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 10 | Millwall | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 11 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 12 | Colchester United | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 13 | Wrexham | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 14 | Notts. County | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 15 | Chesterfield | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 17 | Wigan Athletic | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 18 | Burnley | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 20 | Northampton Town | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 21 | Macclesfield Town | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 22 | Reading | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 23 | Lincoln City | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||