| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 37 | 62 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Sunderland | 37 | 58 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Barnsley | 37 | 56 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Peterborough United | 38 | 56 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 38 | 53 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Blackpool | 37 | 50 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 38 | 50 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 17 | ||||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 37 | 49 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Walsall | 38 | 48 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 38 | 47 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 11 | 38 | 46 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 38 | 44 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 13 | 38 | 44 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 19 | ||||
| 14 | 38 | 42 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 9 | ||||
| 15 | Burton Albion | 37 | 42 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 38 | 42 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 17 | 38 | 41 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | 38 | 39 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 38 | 39 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 38 | 36 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 38 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 22 | 38 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 23 | Bradford City | 38 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Plymouth Argyle | 38 | 34 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||