| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 20 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 21 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 5 | 20 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | ||||
| 6 | Notts. County | 21 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Burnley | 20 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Stoke City | 20 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 21 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Luton Town | 20 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 11 | AFC Bournemouth | 21 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 21 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 14 | Bristol City | 20 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 20 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Wrexham | 20 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Cardiff City | 20 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Colchester United | 21 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Reading | 19 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Blackpool | 20 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 23 | Cambridge United | 20 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||