| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 20 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 2 | 20 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | Burton Albion | 19 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 20 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 20 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | Bradford City | 20 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 20 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | Millwall | 19 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield United | 20 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 14 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | Chesterfield | 20 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 18 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| 19 | Swindon Town | 20 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 21 | Blackpool | 20 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Barnsley | 20 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 31 | |||