| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 20 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 2 | 20 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | Preston North End | 21 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Notts. County | 21 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 5 | |||
| 5 | 18 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 19 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 8 | 20 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | ||||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 20 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Bradford City | 20 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 19 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 12 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Barnsley | 20 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 19 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 19 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Crawley Town | 19 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 17 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 20 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 21 | Coventry City | 19 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Colchester United | 20 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 23 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | ||||
| 24 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||