| # | Team | PL | W | D | L | +/- | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hull | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 80-38 | 42 | 89 |
| 2 | Peterborough | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 83-46 | 37 | 87 |
| 3 | Blackpool | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60-37 | 23 | 80 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 70-42 | 28 | 77 |
| 5 | Lincoln | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 69-50 | 19 | 77 |
| 6 | Oxford Utd | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 77-56 | 21 | 74 |
| 7 | Charlton | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 70-56 | 14 | 74 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 65-51 | 14 | 72 |
| 9 | Ipswich | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 46-46 | 0 | 69 |
| 10 | Gillingham | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 63-60 | 3 | 67 |
| 11 | Accrington | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 63-68 | -5 | 67 |
| 12 | Crewe | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 56-61 | -5 | 66 |
| 13 | MK Dons | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 64-62 | 2 | 65 |
| 14 | Doncaster | 46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 63-67 | -4 | 64 |
| 15 | Fleetwood | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 49-46 | 3 | 60 |
| 16 | Burton | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 61-73 | -12 | 57 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 50-57 | -7 | 54 |
| 18 | Plymouth | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 53-80 | -27 | 53 |
| 19 | Wimbledon | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 54-70 | -16 | 51 |
| 20 | Wigan | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 54-77 | -23 | 48 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 61-78 | -17 | 47 |
| 22 | Northampton | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 41-67 | -26 | 45 |
| 23 | Swindon | 46 | 13 | 4 | 29 | 55-89 | -34 | 43 |
| 24 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 40-70 | -30 | 38 |