| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 15 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 16 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Notts. County | 16 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 15 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 15 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 14 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| 10 | Bradford City | 16 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 11 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 15 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Crawley Town | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 15 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 15 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 18 | Coventry City | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 19 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| 20 | Walsall | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 21 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 23 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||