| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Burton Albion | 38 | 72 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 38 | 65 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 21 | |||
| 3 | 38 | 63 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 26 | ||||
| 4 | Bradford City | 38 | 63 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Walsall | 38 | 61 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Coventry City | 38 | 60 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 38 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Barnsley | 38 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 29 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 38 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 38 | 52 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 38 | 51 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 29 | |||
| 12 | 38 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 29 | ||||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 38 | 51 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 38 | 50 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 15 | 38 | 50 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 30 | ||||
| 16 | 38 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 38 | 45 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 38 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 19 | 38 | 43 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 20 | 38 | 42 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | Blackpool | 38 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 38 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 38 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 38 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 49 | |||