| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | Bradford City | 14 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 14 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Swansea City | 14 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 11 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Rotherham United | 14 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 14 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Northampton Town | 14 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |||
| 16 | Gillingham | 14 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Brentford | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 21 | Blackpool | 14 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 22 | Millwall | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 23 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 24 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | |||