| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 15 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Coventry City | 14 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 15 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Brentford | 15 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 15 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 8 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 9 | Walsall | 15 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 15 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 14 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 15 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Crawley Town | 14 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Colchester United | 15 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Carlisle United | 15 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 18 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 19 | Stevenage | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield United | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | |||
| 22 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| 23 | Bristol City | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |||