| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 47 | 92 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 48 | 88 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 15 | |||
| 3 | 47 | 78 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 35 | 23 | ||||
| 4 | 46 | 78 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 20 | ||||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 46 | 70 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 25 | |||
| 6 | 46 | 66 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 30 | ||||
| 7 | Bradford City | 48 | 66 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 19 | |||
| 8 | 45 | 63 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 27 | ||||
| 9 | Fleetwood Town | 44 | 62 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Barnsley | 47 | 62 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 44 | 61 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 12 | 46 | 58 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 58 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 14 | 42 | 54 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 29 | ||||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 54 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 38 | |||
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 47 | 53 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 32 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 44 | 52 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 46 | 52 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Port Vale | 42 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 20 | Colchester United | 44 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Coventry City | 45 | 49 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Crawley Town | 43 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 23 | 44 | 49 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 45 | ||||
| 24 | 45 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 36 | ||||