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