| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 28 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Colchester United | 27 | 45 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 24 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 5 | 26 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 26 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 27 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Millwall | 24 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 27 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 26 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 13 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Reading | 26 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Oxford United | 26 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Carlisle United | 25 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 26 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Blackpool | 27 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 20 | 25 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Hull City | 27 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 23 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | Wimbledon | 23 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||