| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 32 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 32 | 54 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 31 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 30 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 32 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 27 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Millwall | 29 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 10 | 28 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | ||||
| 11 | Oxford United | 31 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 31 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Brentford | 31 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 14 | Rotherham United | 28 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 15 | Reading | 28 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 16 | 29 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 25 | ||||
| 17 | Carlisle United | 27 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 29 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 19 | 30 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | Blackpool | 31 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 21 | Hull City | 30 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 34 | |||
| 22 | 29 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 31 | ||||
| 23 | Wimbledon | 27 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 30 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 23 | |||