| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Swindon Town | 28 | 56 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 27 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 29 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 4 | 27 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | 27 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 28 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Notts. County | 28 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 27 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 26 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 30 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 27 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 26 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 14 | 26 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | Peterborough United | 27 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 26 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 29 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 20 | Coventry City | 27 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Colchester United | 27 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Crawley Town | 26 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 24 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | ||||