| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Swindon Town | 19 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 18 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 20 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Notts. County | 19 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 17 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | ||||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 18 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 18 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 18 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Bradford City | 19 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 19 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 18 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 18 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Crawley Town | 18 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 18 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 19 | Colchester United | 19 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 20 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 21 | Coventry City | 18 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 24 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||