| League One Table at: 19 August 2023 |
| | | Pl | HW | HD | HL | HF | HA | AW | AD | AL | AF | AA | GD | POINTS |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Oxford United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Lincoln City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 10 | Derby County | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | READING | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Barnsley | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 17 | Wycombe Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| 21 | Fleetwood Town | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 22 | Cheltenham Town | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 23 | Leyton Orient | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
