| Pos | Team | Pl | Home | Away | Pts | GD | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 18 | 98 | 60 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 96 | 42 |
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 87 | 21 |
| 4 | Rotherham Utd | 46 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 79 | 20 |
| 5 | Scunthorpe Utd | 46 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 37 | 27 | 74 | 15 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 71 | 7 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 68 | -1 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 46 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 66 | 1 |
| 9 | Peterborough Utd | 46 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 64 | 8 |
| 10 | Southend Utd | 46 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 41 | 63 | -4 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 46 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 35 | 63 | -10 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 46 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 60 | 5 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 59 | -6 |
| 14 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 57 | -9 |
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 56 | 0 |
| 16 | Oxford Utd | 46 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 34 | 56 | -5 |
| 17 | Gillingham | 46 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 56 | -5 |
| 18 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 53 | -11 |
| 19 | Walsall | 46 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 52 | -13 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 46 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 51 | -8 |
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 42 | 50 | -17 |
| 22 | Northampton Town | 46 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 47 | -34 |
| 23 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 45 | -26 |
| 24 | Bury | 46 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 41 | 36 | -30 |