| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 24 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 24 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 25 | 47 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 24 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Bradford City | 24 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 25 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Notts. County | 25 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 24 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | ||||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 24 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 27 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 12 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 13 | Walsall | 23 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 23 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 15 | 24 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | Port Vale | 23 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 19 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 20 | Coventry City | 23 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Colchester United | 24 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Crawley Town | 23 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 24 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | ||||