| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 42 | 87 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 42 | 78 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 40 | 73 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 20 | |||
| 4 | 41 | 68 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 41 | 60 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Barnsley | 43 | 60 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 42 | 57 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 19 | |||
| 8 | 40 | 56 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 26 | ||||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 39 | 56 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 39 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 11 | 38 | 52 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | 41 | 52 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 23 | ||||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 40 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 14 | 37 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | Port Vale | 37 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 39 | 48 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 40 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 41 | 48 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 41 | 44 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 39 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 43 | |||
| 21 | Coventry City | 39 | 43 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Crawley Town | 38 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 39 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 24 | 40 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 30 | ||||