| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 20 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 20 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 20 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | Sunderland | 20 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Barnsley | 19 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Walsall | 20 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 20 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 20 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 11 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 13 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 14 | Luton Town | 20 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 15 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||
| 16 | Coventry City | 20 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 17 | Burton Albion | 19 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 18 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 19 | Bradford City | 20 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 21 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 23 | Oxford United | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 24 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |||