| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brentford | 24 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 24 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 24 | 47 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Coventry City | 23 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 24 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Rotherham United | 24 | 38 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Walsall | 24 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 24 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 23 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 24 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | Crawley Town | 22 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 13 | 25 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 14 | Bradford City | 23 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Colchester United | 24 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Carlisle United | 24 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield United | 23 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 21 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | Stevenage | 23 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 23 | Bristol City | 21 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 24 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 25 | |||