| Colour Coding |
| Promoted to Championship |
| Playoff for promotion to Championship |
| Stay in this Division |
| Relegated to League Two |
| League One | |||||||||
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Southend United (P) | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 72 | 43 | 29 | 82 |
| 2 | Colchester United | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 40 | 18 | 79 |
| 3 | Brentford | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 72 | 52 | 20 | 76 |
| 4 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 72 | 59 | 13 | 73 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 46 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 62 | 44 | 18 | 72 |
| 6 | Swansea City (P) | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 78 | 55 | 23 | 71 |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest (R) | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 52 | 15 | 69 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 55 | 51 | 4 | 69 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 66 | 62 | 4 | 65 |
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 58 | 60 | -2 | 65 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 51 | 49 | 2 | 61 |
| 12 | Scunthorpe United (P) | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 68 | 73 | -5 | 60 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 49 | 54 | -5 | 60 |
| 14 | Gillingham (R) | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 50 | 64 | -14 | 60 |
| 15 | Yeovil Town (P) | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 54 | 62 | -8 | 56 |
| 16 | Chesterfield | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 63 | 73 | -10 | 56 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 46 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 49 | 53 | -4 | 55 |
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 50 | 52 | -2 | 54 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 56 | 64 | -8 | 53 |
| 20 | Rotherham United (R) | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 52 | 62 | -10 | 52 |
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 44 | 59 | -15 | 50 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 66 | -21 | 50 |
| 23 | Swindon Town | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 46 | 65 | -19 | 48 |
| 24 | Walsall | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 47 | 70 | -23 | 47 |