| # | English League One | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +- | ||
| ^ | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 89 | 31 | 103 | 58 | Promoted | |
| ^ | Brentford | 46 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 72 | 43 | 94 | 29 | Promoted | |
| - | Leyton Orient | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 85 | 45 | 86 | 40 | ||
| Rotherham United | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 86 | 58 | 86 | 28 | Promoted | ||
| - | Preston North End | 46 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 72 | 46 | 85 | 26 | ||
| - | Peterborough United | 46 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 72 | 58 | 74 | 14 | ||
| - | Sheffield United | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 48 | 46 | 67 | 2 | ||
| - | Swindon Town | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 63 | 59 | 66 | 4 | ||
| - | Port Vale | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 59 | 73 | 61 | -14 | ||
| - | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 63 | 65 | 60 | -2 | ||
| - | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 57 | 54 | 59 | 3 | ||
| - | Bristol City | 46 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 70 | 67 | 58 | 3 | ||
| - | Walsall | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 49 | 49 | 58 | 0 | ||
| - | Crawley Town | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 48 | 54 | 57 | -6 | ||
| - | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 50 | 59 | 56 | -9 | ||
| - | Colchester United | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 53 | 61 | 53 | -8 | ||
| - | Gillingham | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 60 | 79 | 53 | -19 | ||
| - | Coventry City* | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 74 | 77 | 51 | -3 | ||
| - | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 54 | 80 | 51 | -26 | ||
| - | Notts County | 46 | 15 | 5 | 26 | 64 | 77 | 50 | -13 | ||
| * | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 52 | 79 | 47 | -27 | Relegated | |
| * | Carlisle United | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 76 | 45 | -33 | Relegated | |
| * | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 44 | 65 | 42 | -21 | Relegated | |
| * | Stevenage | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 46 | 72 | 42 | -26 | Relegated |