| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 35 | 58 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Sunderland | 35 | 56 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Barnsley | 35 | 54 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Peterborough United | 36 | 54 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 36 | 49 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 6 | 36 | 48 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | Blackpool | 35 | 46 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Walsall | 36 | 46 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 35 | 45 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 36 | 45 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 11 | 36 | 45 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | 36 | 41 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 7 | ||||
| 13 | Burton Albion | 35 | 41 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 36 | 41 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 15 | 36 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | Wycombe Wanderers | 36 | 40 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 17 | 36 | 40 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | 36 | 38 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 36 | 38 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 36 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 36 | 34 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 22 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 23 | Bradford City | 36 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Plymouth Argyle | 36 | 30 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||