| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | 26 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 26 | 47 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Brentford | 25 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 5 | 25 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | ||||
| 7 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Crawley Town | 26 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Stevenage | 25 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 26 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | 26 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | Coventry City | 26 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Notts. County | 24 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Walsall | 27 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Preston North End | 26 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 24 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 26 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Colchester United | 26 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 23 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 26 | ||||