| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 14 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 14 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 14 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Notts. County | 15 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 13 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 13 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | ||||
| 10 | Bradford City | 15 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 13 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 12 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| 13 | Crawley Town | 14 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 14 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 14 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 17 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 20 | Port Vale | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Coventry City | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 22 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | Walsall | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||