| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Swindon Town | 27 | 53 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 26 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 28 | 49 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 4 | 26 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 27 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Bradford City | 26 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 7 | 26 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 16 | ||||
| 8 | Notts. County | 27 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 29 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 25 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 25 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 26 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 25 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 16 | 26 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 17 | Walsall | 25 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 28 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Coventry City | 26 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Colchester United | 26 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 22 | 24 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 23 | Crawley Town | 25 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 24 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | ||||