| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Burton Albion | 27 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Gillingham | 28 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Coventry City | 28 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 27 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Wigan Athletic | 28 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 28 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 28 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 26 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 28 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 10 | 27 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | Millwall | 28 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 12 | 28 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | ||||
| 13 | 27 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 28 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 15 | 28 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | ||||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 28 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 27 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Blackpool | 27 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 28 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Fleetwood Town | 27 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 39 | |||