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