| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 | 39 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 37 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 29 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 4 | Fleetwood Town | 29 | 34 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 5 | Bradford City | 28 | 34 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 6 | Oxford United | 30 | 34 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 29 | 34 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 33 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 9 | Millwall | 28 | 33 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 29 | 33 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 31 | 33 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 28 | 32 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 13 | 28 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 14 | 29 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 15 | Port Vale | 27 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 16 | 28 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 17 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 29 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 21 | Southend United | 28 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 22 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 23 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 24 | Coventry City | 27 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 26 | |||