| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 21 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 21 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Millwall | 21 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 20 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Brentford | 20 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Rotherham United | 21 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | |||
| 9 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 11 | Reading | 20 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Barnsley | 21 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 21 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Carlisle United | 21 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Blackpool | 21 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 21 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Hull City | 21 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 22 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 17 | ||||
| 23 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Wimbledon | 20 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||