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