| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 19 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Stevenage | 19 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 19 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 19 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Notts. County | 19 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Crawley Town | 19 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Preston North End | 19 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 11 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | AFC Bournemouth | 19 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 19 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Colchester United | 19 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 19 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 19 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 19 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 22 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 24 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | ||||