| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 18 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Portsmouth | 18 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Sunderland | 18 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | Walsall | 18 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Barnsley | 17 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 18 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Blackpool | 18 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 10 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 11 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 13 | Luton Town | 18 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Coventry City | 18 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 15 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 16 | Burton Albion | 17 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 17 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 19 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 20 | Bradford City | 18 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 23 | Oxford United | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |||
| 24 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |||