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