| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brentford | 27 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 26 | 57 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 27 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 26 | 48 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 27 | 45 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Walsall | 28 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 28 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Coventry City | 25 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 27 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 26 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 11 | 27 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | ||||
| 12 | Colchester United | 26 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 13 | 28 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 29 | ||||
| 14 | Crawley Town | 24 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Bradford City | 25 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 26 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 33 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield United | 25 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 21 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | Notts. County | 28 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Stevenage | 26 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Bristol City | 24 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||