| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 36 | 71 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 37 | 65 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 3 | 36 | 64 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 19 | ||||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 35 | 63 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 36 | 57 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Bradford City | 35 | 49 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 35 | 47 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 23 | ||||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 35 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 9 | 36 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 20 | ||||
| 10 | Barnsley | 38 | 47 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 11 | 33 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 34 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 35 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Notts. County | 36 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 15 | 32 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 22 | ||||
| 16 | Walsall | 34 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 34 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 32 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 36 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Colchester United | 34 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Crawley Town | 33 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 23 | Coventry City | 32 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 24 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 24 | ||||