| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Burton Albion | 26 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 27 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 20 | ||||
| 3 | Coventry City | 27 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 26 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Wigan Athletic | 27 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 27 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 27 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 25 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 27 | 38 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 10 | 27 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | 27 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | ||||
| 12 | 26 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | Millwall | 27 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 14 | 26 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 27 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 26 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 27 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Blackpool | 26 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 20 | 26 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 27 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 36 | |||