| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 26 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Colchester United | 25 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 23 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 23 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Brentford | 25 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 8 | 24 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 9 | Exeter City | 26 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 25 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 24 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 24 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 25 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 15 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | Oxford United | 24 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 24 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Blackpool | 25 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 20 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 25 | ||||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 22 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | Hull City | 25 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Wimbledon | 22 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||