| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 30 | 51 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 30 | 47 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Sunderland | 29 | 46 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 29 | 42 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 5 | 30 | 42 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | 30 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 7 | Luton Town | 30 | 39 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Walsall | 29 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Coventry City | 30 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 28 | 37 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 11 | Southend United | 30 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 36 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Fleetwood Town | 30 | 34 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 4 | |||
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 30 | 34 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Wycombe Wanderers | 30 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 16 | 30 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | Burton Albion | 29 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 30 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 19 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 21 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 22 | Bradford City | 30 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 23 | Oxford United | 30 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||