| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 47 | 60 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 2 | 45 | 59 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | Millwall | 46 | 56 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Fleetwood Town | 47 | 56 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Bradford City | 45 | 56 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 56 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 48 | 55 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Milton Keynes Dons | 47 | 55 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 53 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Oxford United | 48 | 52 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Gillingham | 46 | 52 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 45 | 49 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 13 | Swindon Town | 45 | 48 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 46 | 48 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 15 | 45 | 47 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 16 | 46 | 47 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| 17 | Port Vale | 46 | 47 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 18 | 46 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 19 | Walsall | 46 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 44 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 45 | 45 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 23 | Coventry City | 46 | 42 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 24 | AFC Wimbledon | 45 | 41 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||