| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 19 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Colchester United | 20 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 18 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 19 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 5 | 18 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 6 | Reading | 18 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Rotherham United | 19 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 9 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 11 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 12 | Barnsley | 19 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 13 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 14 | Oxford United | 18 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Blackpool | 19 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 19 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Hull City | 19 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Exeter City | 19 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Southend United | 18 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 23 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 15 | ||||
| 24 | Wimbledon | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||