| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 41 | 84 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 41 | 75 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 39 | 70 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 40 | 65 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 40 | 59 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Barnsley | 42 | 59 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 38 | 56 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 41 | 56 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 19 | |||
| 9 | 39 | 53 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 25 | ||||
| 10 | 37 | 52 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 21 | ||||
| 11 | 40 | 52 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 23 | ||||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 39 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 38 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 14 | 36 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 15 | Port Vale | 36 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Notts. County | 40 | 48 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 38 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 39 | 47 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 38 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 40 | |||
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 40 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Coventry City | 38 | 40 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Crawley Town | 37 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 38 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 24 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | ||||