| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 23 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 4 | 22 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | 22 | 27 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | Bradford City | 21 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 7 | Oxford United | 23 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 9 | Millwall | 21 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 22 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 21 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 12 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 13 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 14 | Port Vale | 21 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 21 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 21 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 22 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 21 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 22 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 23 | Coventry City | 22 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 24 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||