| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 18 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Burnley | 18 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Brentford | 18 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Notts. County | 18 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 6 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | ||||
| 7 | Stoke City | 18 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Millwall | 18 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Luton Town | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 11 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 12 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| 13 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Cardiff City | 18 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Oxford United | 18 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Wrexham | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Bristol City | 17 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Reading | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Cambridge United | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Colchester United | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Blackpool | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||