| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Burton Albion | 25 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 26 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | ||||
| 3 | Coventry City | 25 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 24 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 26 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Wigan Athletic | 26 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 26 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 26 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Bradford City | 24 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 10 | 26 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 12 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 13 | 26 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | ||||
| 14 | Southend United | 25 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Millwall | 26 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 26 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 17 | 26 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | Barnsley | 25 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 25 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Blackpool | 25 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 23 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 24 | Colchester United | 26 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 36 | |||