| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 18 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 18 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 18 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 18 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Coventry City | 17 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 18 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Walsall | 18 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 18 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 17 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 12 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Crawley Town | 17 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 16 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | Colchester United | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 18 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 19 | Stevenage | 18 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield United | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 21 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Bristol City | 16 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | |||