| # | Team | PL | W | D | L | +/- | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wycombe | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 44-30 | 14 | 52 |
| 2 | Wigan | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 44-22 | 22 | 51 |
| 3 | Sunderland | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 52-33 | 19 | 51 |
| 4 | Rotherham | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 45-18 | 27 | 50 |
| 5 | MK Dons | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 46-31 | 15 | 46 |
| 6 | Plymouth | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 40-29 | 11 | 43 |
| 7 | Oxford Utd | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 40-29 | 11 | 43 |
| 8 | Sheff Wed | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 34-29 | 5 | 40 |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 29-24 | 5 | 38 |
| 10 | Accrington | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 32-41 | -9 | 36 |
| 11 | Ipswich | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 43-36 | 7 | 35 |
| 12 | Burton | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32-31 | 1 | 35 |
| 13 | Cambridge | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36-39 | -3 | 33 |
| 14 | Cheltenham | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 32-45 | -13 | 31 |
| 15 | Charlton | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 32-32 | 0 | 30 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 26-29 | -3 | 30 |
| 17 | Bolton | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 32-37 | -5 | 29 |
| 18 | Lincoln | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 29-33 | -4 | 28 |
| 19 | Fleetwood | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 38-43 | -5 | 28 |
| 20 | Wimbledon | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 30-36 | -6 | 27 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 35-51 | -16 | 24 |
| 22 | Crewe | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24-44 | -20 | 22 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 25 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 19-41 | -22 | 18 |
| 24 | Doncaster | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18-49 | -31 | 16 |
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