| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 17 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 2 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | Preston North End | 19 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Notts. County | 18 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 16 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | ||||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 17 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 8 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 17 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 18 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Bradford City | 18 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 17 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 14 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | Crawley Town | 17 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 17 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 17 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 18 | Colchester United | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 19 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 21 | Coventry City | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 23 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| 24 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||