| # | Team | MP | W/W | W/D | W/L | D/W | D/D | D/L | L/W | L/D | L/L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Portsmouth | 46 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 97 |
| 2. | Derby | 46 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 92 |
| 3. | Bolton | 46 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 87 |
| 4. | Peterborough | 46 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 84 |
| 5. | Oxford Utd | 46 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 77 |
| 6. | Barnsley | 46 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 76 |
| 7. | Lincoln | 46 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 74 |
| 8. | Blackpool | 46 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 73 |
| 9. | Stevenage | 46 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 71 |
| 10. | Wycombe | 46 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 65 |
| 11. | Leyton Orient | 46 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 65 |
| 12. | Wigan | 46 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 62 |
| 13. | Exeter | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 61 |
| 14. | Northampton | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 60 |
| 15. | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 57 |
| 16. | Charlton | 46 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 53 |
| 17. | Reading | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 53 |
| 18. | Cambridge Utd | 46 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 48 |
| 19. | Shrewsbury | 46 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 48 |
| 20. | Burton | 46 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 46 |
| 21. | Cheltenham | 46 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 44 |
| 22. | Fleetwood | 46 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 43 |
| 23. | Port Vale | 46 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 41 |
| 24. | Carlisle | 46 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 30 |