| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 38 | 77 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 39 | 69 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 13 | |||
| 3 | 38 | 64 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 21 | ||||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 37 | 64 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 38 | 58 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Barnsley | 40 | 53 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 37 | 52 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 17 | |||
| 8 | 38 | 51 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 22 | ||||
| 9 | 37 | 50 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 24 | ||||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 36 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Oldham Athletic | 37 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 36 | 48 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Notts. County | 38 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 14 | 34 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 15 | Walsall | 36 | 46 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 16 | 35 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 37 | 46 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 34 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 36 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 38 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Colchester United | 36 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Coventry City | 34 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 23 | Crawley Town | 35 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 24 | 36 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 25 | ||||