| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 22 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 22 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 8 | |||
| 3 | 22 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | Sunderland | 22 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Barnsley | 21 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Walsall | 22 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 7 | 22 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 21 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 11 | Luton Town | 22 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 12 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 13 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 14 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 15 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 16 | Bradford City | 22 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 22 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 18 | Burton Albion | 21 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 19 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 21 | Wycombe Wanderers | 22 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 23 | Oxford United | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 24 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||