| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stoke City | 15 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 15 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 13 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Luton Town | 15 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Walsall | 15 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 14 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Millwall | 15 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Manchester City | 15 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Blackpool | 14 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 12 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 13 | Wrexham | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||
| 14 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | Wigan Athletic | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Burnley | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Notts. County | 15 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Reading | 13 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Colchester United | 14 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Macclesfield Town | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 23 | Lincoln City | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||