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