| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 22 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 23 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 3 | 22 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | 22 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Notts. County | 23 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 23 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 7 | 22 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 22 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Bradford City | 22 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 24 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 12 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | Fleetwood Town | 21 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Walsall | 21 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 21 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 16 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Coventry City | 21 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 20 | Colchester United | 22 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Crawley Town | 21 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 23 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | ||||