| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brentford | 29 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 28 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 28 | 52 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 29 | 51 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Walsall | 30 | 47 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 29 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Coventry City | 27 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 29 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 27 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 11 | 29 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 12 | Colchester United | 27 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 13 | 29 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 29 | ||||
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Bradford City | 27 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Crawley Town | 24 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Carlisle United | 28 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 33 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 20 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | Sheffield United | 26 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 29 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 23 | Bristol City | 26 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Stevenage | 26 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |||