| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Luton Town | 64 | 99 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 41 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Barnsley | 63 | 96 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 31 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Portsmouth | 63 | 93 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 26 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Sunderland | 62 | 92 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 24 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 64 | 86 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 6 | 62 | 84 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 29 | 25 | ||||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 64 | 83 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 33 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Blackpool | 62 | 78 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Fleetwood Town | 64 | 76 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 64 | 75 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Coventry City | 64 | 74 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 64 | 74 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Burton Albion | 63 | 72 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Southend United | 63 | 70 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 63 | 69 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 16 | 62 | 68 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 64 | 68 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 18 | 64 | 68 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 35 | ||||
| 19 | 63 | 67 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 22 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | Bradford City | 64 | 66 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 63 | 64 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Oxford United | 63 | 64 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 63 | 63 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 24 | 63 | 57 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 20 | ||||