| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 20 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 20 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | 20 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 20 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Brentford | 20 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 20 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Stevenage | 20 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 20 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Crawley Town | 20 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 10 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Preston North End | 20 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 12 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 20 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Colchester United | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 20 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Walsall | 20 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Portsmouth | 20 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||