We're only seven matches into the new League One season and yet there's been plenty of absorbing action to get our teeth stuck into.
A run of three straight wins has propelled Graham Alexander's Bradford City to the top of the standings in the third tier as the Bantams look to banish their play-off heartache from last term by orchestrating another promotion push this campaign.
But four teams remain within three points of the table-toppers, including Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle, Huddersfield Town and the surprise package of the season so far, Cambridge United.
Promotion favourites at the start of the campaign, toxicity has been rife at Leicester City with a return of nine points from their opening seven fixtures, while Luton Town have also struggled to live up to expectations under the tutelage of Jack Wilshere.
Wigan Athletic find themselves at the bottom of League One on four points and they're accompanied in the relegation zone by Peterborough United, who parted company with Luke Williams at the weekend, draw specialists MK Dons and Doncaster Rovers.
Keeping a watchful eye on all of the drama in League One is EFL expert Gab Sutton, who has constructed his Team of the Season from the first two months in the third tier.
GK: Jon McCracken (Bradford City)
The goalkeeping department was one area Bradford needed to improve in, to go from play-off semi-finalists – an impressive first season at the level - to winning promotion, and McCracken has made the required impact so far.
Four of the Bantams’ five league victories have come by 1-0 scorelines, with the Scot often making key interventions in tight games.
RB: Ilias Bronkhorst (Huddersfield Town)
Huddersfield recruited Bronkhorst, and Derensili Sanches Fernandes, from Excelsior this summer, and the Dutch duo have made an instant impact, linking up superbly down the right hand side.
Right-back had been a problem area for Huddersfield in recent years, but Bronkhorst has played every minute of every game this season.
CB: Aden Baldwin (Bradford City)
As alluded to above, Bradford’s strong start to the season that has Graham Alexander’s side top of the league has been rather defence-based, and Aden Baldwin takes a lot of credit for that. Baldwin brings plenty of pace to the back-line and is an excellent covering defender.
CB: Carl Piergianni (Stevenage)
Piergianni has been a cultural architect at Stevenage over the last four years, and he’s been able to sustain his impact into his 30s because he’s such a model professional who looks after himself so well, is often first in the building and last out, and sets the standard for everybody else.
It often feels impossible to win consecutive headers against this Boro side, because players like Piergianni are so determined and single-minded.
LB: Arley Kay (Barnsley)
It seems extremely rare for a youngster to go from playing youth football one season, right to being a first-team regular the next, but that’s the case with Arley Kay.
The homegrown Barnsley prospect won Academy Player of the Year in 2025/26 then, under a head coach in Daniel Stendel who likes to promote youth, has played every minute of every game this season.
CM: Dom Ball (Cambridge United)
Cambridge United are upsetting the odds in League One this season, and Dom Ball has been a big part of that.
The sitting midfielder has broken up play superbly at the base of midfield, providing the platform for more forward-thinking players to work their magic.
CM: Louis Page (Leicester City)
There’s a reason Manchester United are interested in buying Louis Page for an eight-figure fee, and we’re seeing some of those reasons in League One this season.
Billed as an elusive, ball-carrying, box-to-box midfielder, Page is being used in a deeper role at Leicester by Russell Martin, where he’s delivered some eye-catching performances – most notably in the 4-3 victory at Stockport.
RW: Ben Knight (Cambridge United)
Knight was the jewel in Cambridge’s functional crown last season, bringing that sprinkling of individuality to a functional team, and it’s been exactly the same in League One.
The former Manchester City graduate has been a joy to watch, floating in from the right hand side and unleashing his quality, with three goals and three assists.
AM: Aaron Collins (MK Dons)
Collins didn’t play as much as he’d have liked of MK Dons’ promotion season due to injury, but he’s making up for lost time in League One.
The energetic, withdrawn forward has five goals to his name, and if he keeps firing accordingly, that elusive first win should soon arrive for Paul Warne’s side.
LW: Oliver Irow (Plymouth Argyle)
Plymouth Argyle have tweaked their system slightly to allow more room for wide players to be a little more goal-oriented, when last year it might have been more about feeding the two strikers.
Oli Irow has benefited from that such change, and has scored some beautiful goals.
ST: Jack Marriott (Reading)
Wing to Marriott was Reading’s likeliest route to goal last season, and it’s pretty much the same for Leam Richardson’s side this year, with the experienced striker on seven goals for the campaign.
Top scorer at this level with Peterborough in 2017/18, Marriott might not have as much pace as he used to, but he’s become more intelligent in other areas.
Manager: Neil Harris (Cambridge United)
Harris seems to deliver, season-on-season as a manager, making him one of the most reliable – and dare we say underrated? – gaffers in the EFL.
A fantastic man manager, ably assisted by coach Adam Barrett, and Mark Bonner as DoF – the former Millwall boss has the U’s flying high in League One, and defying a few doubters along the way.
