| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 39 | 78 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 37 | 75 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Wigan Athletic | 35 | 72 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Rotherham United | 38 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Scunthorpe United | 38 | 58 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 38 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 37 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 38 | 54 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Portsmouth | 37 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 38 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 36 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 26 | |||
| 12 | 36 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22 | ||||
| 13 | 38 | 48 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | ||||
| 14 | Blackpool | 38 | 47 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 15 | 37 | 46 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | ||||
| 16 | Oxford United | 36 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 38 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 18 | 37 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 37 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 20 | 36 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 37 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 22 | 37 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | 35 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 30 | ||||
| 24 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 32 | ||||