| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 23 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 24 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 23 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | |||
| 4 | 23 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Notts. County | 24 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 24 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 23 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 8 | 23 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | ||||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 23 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 22 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 22 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 25 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 14 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | 22 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | Walsall | 22 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 18 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Coventry City | 22 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Colchester United | 23 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Crawley Town | 22 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 24 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | ||||