| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 18 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Walsall | 18 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Gillingham | 18 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Burton Albion | 17 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 6 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 7 | Bradford City | 18 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 18 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 18 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 10 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 11 | Sheffield United | 18 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Millwall | 17 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 13 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 14 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 15 | Chesterfield | 18 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 18 | Fleetwood Town | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Colchester United | 18 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 18 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Blackpool | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Swindon Town | 18 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||