| # | Team | PL | W | D | L | +/- | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coventry | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 48-30 | 18 | 67 |
| 2 | Rotherham | 35 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 61-38 | 23 | 62 |
| 3 | Oxford Utd | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 61-37 | 24 | 60 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 53-36 | 17 | 60 |
| 5 | Fleetwood | 35 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 51-38 | 13 | 60 |
| 6 | Peterborough | 35 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 68-40 | 28 | 59 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 48-32 | 16 | 59 |
| 8 | Wycombe | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 45-40 | 5 | 59 |
| 9 | Doncaster | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 51-33 | 18 | 54 |
| 10 | Ipswich | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46-36 | 10 | 52 |
| 11 | Gillingham | 35 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 42-34 | 8 | 51 |
| 12 | Burton | 35 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 50-50 | 0 | 48 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 44-43 | 1 | 45 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 38-49 | -11 | 45 |
| 15 | Lincoln | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 44-46 | -2 | 42 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 31-42 | -11 | 41 |
| 17 | Accrington | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 47-53 | -6 | 40 |
| 18 | MK Dons | 35 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 36-47 | -11 | 37 |
| 19 | Rochdale | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 39-57 | -18 | 36 |
| 20 | Wimbledon | 35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 39-52 | -13 | 35 |
| 21 | Tranmere | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 36-60 | -24 | 32 |
| 22 | Southend | 35 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 39-85 | -46 | 19 |
| 23 | Bolton | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 27-66 | -39 | 14 |
- Bolton has been deducted 12 points