| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 17 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Brentford | 17 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 17 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Coventry City | 16 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 17 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Walsall | 17 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 17 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 17 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 16 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 12 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Crawley Town | 16 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | Colchester United | 17 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 17 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 19 | Stevenage | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield United | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Bristol City | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||