| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wigan | 46 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 89:29 | 60 | 98 | |
| 2. | Blackburn | 46 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 82:40 | 42 | 96 | |
| 3. | Shrewsbury | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 60:39 | 21 | 87 | |
| 4. | Rotherham | 46 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 73:53 | 20 | 79 | |
| 5. | Scunthorpe | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 65:50 | 15 | 74 | |
| 6. | Charlton | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 58:51 | 7 | 71 | |
| 7. | Plymouth | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 58:59 | -1 | 68 | |
| 8. | Portsmouth | 46 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 57:56 | 1 | 66 | |
| 9. | Peterborough | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 68:60 | 8 | 64 | |
| 10. | Southend | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 58:62 | -4 | 63 | |
| 11. | Bradford City | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 57:67 | -10 | 63 | |
| 12. | Blackpool | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 60:55 | 5 | 60 | |
| 13. | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 60:66 | -6 | 59 | |
| 14. | Fleetwood | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 59:68 | -9 | 57 | |
| 15. | Doncaster | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 52:52 | 0 | 56 | |
| 16. | Oxford Utd | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 61:66 | -5 | 56 | |
| 17. | Gillingham | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 50:55 | -5 | 56 | |
| 18. | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 47:58 | -11 | 53 | |
| 19. | Walsall | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 53:66 | -13 | 52 | |
| 20. | Rochdale | 46 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 49:57 | -8 | 51 | |
| 21. | Oldham | 46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 58:75 | -17 | 50 | |
| 22. | Northampton | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 43:77 | -34 | 47 | |
| 23. | MK Dons | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 43:69 | -26 | 45 | |
| 24. | Bury | 46 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 41:71 | -30 | 36 |