| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 29 | 58 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 30 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 30 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | Preston North End | 32 | 52 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 30 | 44 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 6 | 30 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 18 | ||||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 29 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 29 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 31 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 29 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 12 | 28 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 13 | Barnsley | 32 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 14 | 30 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 28 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Port Vale | 28 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 18 | 27 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | Colchester United | 29 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Leyton Orient | 31 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Coventry City | 29 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Crawley Town | 29 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 24 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | ||||