| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 22 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 22 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 22 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 21 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 22 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Rotherham United | 22 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 22 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 21 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 11 | 21 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Reading | 21 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Carlisle United | 22 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 22 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Blackpool | 22 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 22 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 22 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 19 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Hull City | 22 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 23 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 25 | ||||
| 24 | Wimbledon | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||