| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 40 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 38 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 30 | 36 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 4 | 30 | 35 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | Bradford City | 29 | 35 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 6 | Oxford United | 31 | 35 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 30 | 35 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 34 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 9 | Millwall | 29 | 34 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 30 | 34 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 32 | 34 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 29 | 33 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 13 | 29 | 33 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 14 | 30 | 33 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 15 | Port Vale | 29 | 32 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 29 | 31 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 29 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 30 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 21 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 22 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 23 | Coventry City | 29 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 24 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||