| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 17 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 17 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Burnley | 17 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Brentford | 16 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Gillingham | 17 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Stoke City | 17 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Millwall | 17 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Luton Town | 17 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 11 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 14 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 17 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Bristol City | 16 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 17 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 19 | Cardiff City | 17 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Reading | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Cambridge United | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Colchester United | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Blackpool | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||