| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 33 | 65 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 13 | |||
| 2 | 33 | 60 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 19 | ||||
| 3 | Preston North End | 35 | 59 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 4 | 34 | 58 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 19 | ||||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 33 | 50 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 34 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 32 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 33 | 44 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 23 | ||||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 32 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 10 | 33 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | Notts. County | 34 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 32 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | ||||
| 13 | 31 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 14 | Walsall | 32 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 32 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 32 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 36 | 41 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 18 | 32 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 19 | Port Vale | 31 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 34 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Colchester United | 32 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Coventry City | 31 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Crawley Town | 32 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 24 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 24 | ||||