| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 15 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Brentford | 16 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 16 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Coventry City | 15 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 16 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 16 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | Port Vale | 16 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Walsall | 15 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 12 | Bradford City | 15 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Crawley Town | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 15 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | Colchester United | 16 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Carlisle United | 16 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Stevenage | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield United | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | |||
| 22 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| 23 | Bristol City | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |||