| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Swindon Town | 29 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 28 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 13 | |||
| 3 | 29 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | Preston North End | 31 | 52 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 5 | 29 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 29 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Notts. County | 30 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 28 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 28 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 11 | 27 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 28 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 13 | 29 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 14 | Port Vale | 27 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 31 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 27 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 18 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 30 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Colchester United | 28 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Coventry City | 28 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 23 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 24 | Crawley Town | 28 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 27 | |||