| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Burton Albion | 29 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 30 | 54 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | ||||
| 3 | Wigan Athletic | 30 | 51 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Coventry City | 30 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Walsall | 29 | 50 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 30 | 46 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Bradford City | 28 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Millwall | 30 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 30 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield United | 30 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 11 | 29 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | Port Vale | 30 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 13 | 29 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | 30 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | 30 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | ||||
| 16 | Barnsley | 29 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Swindon Town | 30 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Blackpool | 29 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 30 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 30 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 21 | 29 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 30 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 39 | |||