| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 43 | 55 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Millwall | 42 | 51 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 43 | 50 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 41 | 49 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | Bradford City | 41 | 49 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 44 | 48 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 41 | 47 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 8 | Oxford United | 43 | 47 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 42 | 47 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Gillingham | 42 | 47 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 42 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 42 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 42 | 46 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 14 | 41 | 45 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 45 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 41 | 45 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 17 | 42 | 43 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 41 | 41 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 19 | Walsall | 42 | 40 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 40 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 41 | 40 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 22 | 42 | 39 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| 23 | AFC Wimbledon | 41 | 38 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 24 | Coventry City | 41 | 37 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 26 | |||