| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Burton Albion | 21 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 21 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Gillingham | 21 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 20 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 21 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 21 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Port Vale | 21 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | Bradford City | 20 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Millwall | 21 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| 13 | Sheffield United | 21 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 21 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 21 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Blackpool | 21 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 20 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 21 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 31 | |||