Pos  Name                            Pld    W    D    L   GF   GA  Pts
   1  Charlton Athletic (P)            46   30   11    5   82   36  101
   2  Sheffield Wednesday (P)          46   28    9    9   81   48   93
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   3  Sheffield United                 46   27    9   10   92   51   90
   4  Huddersfield Town (P)            46   21   18    7   79   47   81
   5  Milton Keynes                    46   22   14   10   84   47   80
   6  Stevenage                        46   21   10   15   69   44   73
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   7  Notts County                     46   18   19    9   75   63   73
   8  Carlisle United                  46   18   15   13   65   66   69
   9  Brentford                        46   18   13   15   63   51   67
  10  Colchester United                46   13   20   13   61   66   59
  11  Bournemouth                      46   15   13   18   48   52   58
  12  Tranmere Rovers                  46   14   14   18   49   53   56
  13  Hartlepool United                46   14   14   18   50   55   56
  14  Bury                             46   15   11   20   60   79   56
  15  Preston North End                46   13   15   18   54   68   54
  16  Oldham Athletic                  46   14   12   20   50   66   54
  17  Yeovil Town                      46   14   12   20   59   80   54
  18  Scunthorpe United                46   10   22   14   55   59   52
  19  Walsall                          46   10   20   16   51   57   50
  20  Leyton Orient                    46   13   11   22   48   75   50
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  21  Wycombe Wanderers (R)            46   11   10   25   65   88   43
  22  Chesterfield (R)                 46   10   12   24   55   81   42
  23  Exeter City (R)                  46   10   12   24   46   75   42
  24  Rochdale (R)                     46    8   14   24   47   81   38