| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Portsmouth | 24 | 41 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 24 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Sunderland | 24 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Barnsley | 23 | 36 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Walsall | 24 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 24 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 10 | ||||
| 7 | 24 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 31 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Luton Town | 24 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 11 | 24 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | Blackpool | 23 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 13 | 24 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 14 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 15 | Coventry City | 24 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 16 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 17 | 24 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 18 | Wycombe Wanderers | 24 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 24 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 21 | Burton Albion | 23 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 23 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 24 | Oxford United | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |||