| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 13 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 13 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 13 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Walsall | 13 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Coventry City | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 13 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Rotherham United | 13 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Bradford City | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Crawley Town | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 13 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 15 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 16 | Colchester United | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Gillingham | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Stevenage | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield United | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 24 | Bristol City | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||