| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brentford | 28 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 27 | 49 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Rotherham United | 28 | 48 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Walsall | 29 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 28 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 28 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Coventry City | 26 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 26 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 11 | 28 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 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 | Bradford City | 26 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Crawley Town | 24 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Carlisle United | 27 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 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 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 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 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | |||