| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 26 | 45 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 26 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Barnsley | 25 | 40 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 26 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Sunderland | 25 | 38 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Walsall | 25 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 7 | 26 | 35 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | 26 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | ||||
| 9 | 26 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 32 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Luton Town | 26 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 25 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Coventry City | 26 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Blackpool | 24 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 15 | 26 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | Burton Albion | 25 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 17 | 25 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 18 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 19 | Wycombe Wanderers | 26 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Bradford City | 26 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 23 | Oxford United | 26 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 24 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||